Domestic science, principles and application

Method.— Mix and sift the dry ingredients, add the milk, then the well-beaten egg, and lastly the melted butter. Beat thoroughly. Bake for 25 minutes in a shallow buttered pan in a hot oven. (Basis for 2 girls, 3^ rule.) 4. Muffins (without eggs) 1 c. buttermilk 1 tbsp. sour cream M tsp. soda 2 c. flour Method. — Dissolve the soda in the buttermilk. Sift the flour, add the salt, and gradually add wet mixture to dry. Beat hard and bake in hot muffin tins in a hot oven 20 minutes. 5. Southern Spoon Bread 2 c. milk H tsp. salt 1 c. cornmeal 4 eggs Method. — Scald the milk, and slowly stir in the cornmeal, add the salt and let boil 2 or 3 minutes. Remove from the fire, add the beaten egg yolks, beat well, then carefully fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Pour into a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven }/^ hour. Serve hot from the baking dish at the table with a large spoon. QUICK BREADS— SODA Quick breads are often made light by the use of soda with material containing acid, like sour milk or molasses. The acid and soda form carbon dioxide gas throughout the mixture, which causes it to rise. The acid material being liquid, the action is quicker than when baking powder is used, and mixtures raised in this way must be prepared quickly and put in a hot oven at once. Experiments to produce carbon dioxide gas with soda and a liquid acid: — 1. Put }/i tsp. of soda in }/2 c. of sour milk. 2. Heat the mixture. Watch it. The action in the case of soda gives the same results as baking powder, and makes mixtures light. Proportion of soda with acid material : — ■ To 1 c. thick sour milk use }/2 tsp. of soda. To 1 c. of molasses use 1 tsp. of soda. 1. Soft Molasses Gingerbread 1 c. molasses 2 hp. c. flour M c. melted butter 2 tsp. ginger \% tsp. soda }/i, tsp. salt 1 c. sour milk Few drops of vanilla Method. — Put the soda into the sour milk, then add to the molasses. Sift dry materials together and add the wet to the dry; beat vigorously. Bake 15 minutes in buttered muffin pans, having pans % filled with the mixture. {Basis for 2 girls, }/i rule.) Note. — A few floured raisins might be added to this recipe. 2. Hot Water Gingerbread 1 c. molasses 13^ tsp. ginger 1/2 c. boiling water 1 tsp. soda 2M c. flour }/2 tsp. salt 4 tbsp. melted butter Method. — Add the boiling water to the molasses. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add the wet mixture to the dry; then add the melted butter; beat hard. Pour in buttered pan or muffin tins, and bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes. 34 cup of floured raisins may be added to make a variety. 3. Brown Nut Bread 2 c. graham flour }4 c molasses 1 c. white flour J^ c. sugar 2 c. sour milk 3^ c. raisins 2 tsp. soda H c. nuts 1 tsp. salt Method. — Mix the dry materials together; cut and flour the raisins and the nuts or add them to the dry materials. Add the sour milk to the molasses, and then add the wet materials to the dry. Grease one-pound baking powder cans thoroughly and pour in the mixture, cover, and let stand an hour; then bake 45 minutes in a hot oven. This makes 3 loaves. Fill cans only % full, for the mixture rises before baking. QUICK BREADS— SOFT DOUGH