Sift together 3 cups flour, 3 teasp baking powder and %
teasp salt. Then work in 3 tablesp butter and add 3 well-
beaten eggs, 1 cup milk and % cup strained honey. Bake in
gem tins or muflBn rings in a moderate oven. — [C. B. H., Mich.
Rice Muffins
To 1 cup cold boiled rice add 2 cups milk, 2 well-beaten
eggs, 3 tablesp melted butter, 1 tablesp sugar, a little salt and
2 teasp baking powder sifted with flour enough to make a soft
batter✪ Rice Muffins that will drop from the spoon. Fill hot gem irons, well
greased, and bake Vz hour. — [Mrs. E. E. S., Pa.
Bran Muffins
To 1 cup nice, clean bran add 2 cups cornmeal, 2 cups sour
milk in which 1 teasp soda has been dissolved, a little salt and
1 tablesp molasses or sugar✪ Bran Muffins. Bake in muffin tins in hot oven.
These are a pleasant cure for constipation, if eaten once a day,
and are very good for small children so troubled. — [B. G. B.,
Kan.
Southern Com Muffins
To 1 pt buttermilk add 1 level teasp soda, 1 pt cornmeal, 1
teasp lard or butter, 1 beaten egg, and a little salt and sugar✪ Southern Corn Muffins.
Bake in hot, well greased muffin pans, in a quick oven, and
serve warm, wrapped in napkins. This is an old Southern
"mammy's" recipe. — [Mrs. O. W. S., Wis.
Rye Gems
To 1 cup white flour add 1 cup rye, % cup sugar and 1 cup
sour milk in which 1 level teasp soda has been dissolved.
Bake in hot, well greased gem pans, in a hot oven. — [Mrs. W.
L. J., Vt.
Ginger Gems
Cream V2 cup sugar with % cup butter, add % cup molas-
ses, V2 cup hot water and 2 cups flour, sifted with 1 teasp each
ginger, cinnamon, soda and a little cloves. Bake in gem pans
in a hot oven. — [Mrs. C. E. R., la.
Oatmeal Gems
Soak over night 2 cups rolled oats in 1 V2 cups sour milk. In
the morning add ^ cup molasses, 1 scant teasp soda dissolved
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in a little cold water, 1 level teasp salt, 2 well-beaten eggs,
and 1 cup flour. Bake in a hot oven. These gems are very-
good without the eggs, when eggs are scarce. — [Mrs. C. E. A.,
F. H.
Graham Gems
To 1 well-beaten egg add 1 pt milk, a little salt,, and enough
graham flour to make a stiff batter that will drop from a spoon.
Bake in hot and well buttered gem pans, in a hot oven, about
20 minutes. — [M. B., 111.
Buttermilk Gems
To 1 cup buttermilk add 2 cups sour cream, 1 teasp each salt
and soda, 1 tablesp sugar, 1 beaten egg, and flour enough to
make a stiff batter which will drop from a spoon. Bake in well
greased gem pans in quick oven. — [Mrs. N. F., Pa.
Date Gems
To 1 pt graham flour and 1 pt white flour add % teasp salt,.
1 level teasp soda, i/4 cup sugar, 1 cup dates, stoned and cut in
small pieces, and lastly enough rich buttermilk to make a stiff
batter. Drop in hot, well greased gem pans, half filling each,
and bake in quick oven until a golden brown. Raisins may be
substituted for dates, and instead of making a stiff batter, less
buttermilk can be used, the dough quickly turned out on a
board, rolled % inch thick, cut into biscuits and brushed with
sweet milk, and baked in a baking pan in a quick oven. — [E.
F. S., Cal.
Corn Dodgers
To 1 qt cornmeal add a little salt, 1 tablesp butter, scald
with boiling water, and boil hard for a minute or two, then
drop the batter into well greased gem tins, and bake in a
quick oven. — [A. E. H., Wash.
Corn Pone ✪ Ginger Gems
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Sift together 3 cups flour, 3 teasp baking powder and % teasp salt. Then work in 3 tablesp butter and add 3 wellbeaten eggs, 1 cup milk and % cup strained honey. Bake in gem tins or muffin rings in a moderate oven. — [C. B. H., Mich.
Rice Muffins
To 1 cup cold boiled rice add 2 cups milk, 2 well-beaten eggs, 3 tablesp melted butter, 1 tablesp sugar, a little salt and 2 teasp baking powder sifted with flour enough to make a soft batter that will drop from the spoon. Fill hot gem irons, well greased, and bake Vz hour. — [Mrs. E. E. S., Pa.
Bran Muffins
To 1 cup nice, clean bran add 2 cups cornmeal, 2 cups sour milk in which 1 teasp soda has been dissolved, a little salt and 1 tablesp molasses or sugar. Bake in muffin tins in hot oven. These are a pleasant cure for constipation, if eaten once a day, and are very good for small children so troubled. — [B. G. B., Kan.
Southern Com Muffins
To 1 pt buttermilk add 1 level teasp soda, 1 pt cornmeal, 1 teasp lard or butter, 1 beaten egg, and a little salt and sugar. Bake in hot, well greased muffin pans, in a quick oven, and serve warm, wrapped in napkins. This is an old Southern "mammy's" recipe. — [Mrs. O. W. S., Wis.
Rye Gems
To 1 cup white flour add 1 cup rye, % cup sugar and 1 cup sour milk in which 1 level teasp soda has been dissolved. Bake in hot, well greased gem pans, in a hot oven. — [Mrs. W. L. J., Vt.
Ginger Gems
Cream V2 cup sugar with % cup butter, add % cup molasses, V2 cup hot water and 2 cups flour, sifted with 1 teasp each ginger, cinnamon, soda and a little cloves. Bake in gem pans in a hot oven. — [Mrs. C. E. R., la.
Oatmeal Gems
Soak over night 2 cups rolled oats in 1 V2 cups sour milk. In the morning add ^ cup molasses, 1 scant teasp soda dissolved
in a little cold water, 1 level teasp salt, 2 well-beaten eggs, and 1 cup flour. Bake in a hot oven. These gems are very good without the eggs, when eggs are scarce. — [Mrs. C. E. A., F. H.
Graham Gems
To 1 well-beaten egg add 1 pt milk, a little salt, and enough graham flour to make a stiff batter that will drop from a spoon. Bake in hot and well buttered gem pans, in a hot oven, about 20 minutes. — [M. B., 111.
Buttermilk Gems
To 1 cup buttermilk add 2 cups sour cream, 1 teasp each salt and soda, 1 tablesp sugar, 1 beaten egg, and flour enough to make a stiff batter which will drop from a spoon. Bake in well greased gem pans in quick oven. — [Mrs. N. F., Pa.
Date Gems
To 1 pt graham flour and 1 pt white flour add % teasp salt, 1 level teasp soda, i/4 cup sugar, 1 cup dates, stoned and cut in small pieces, and lastly enough rich buttermilk to make a stiff batter. Drop in hot, well greased gem pans, half filling each, and bake in quick oven until a golden brown. Raisins may be substituted for dates, and instead of making a stiff batter, less buttermilk can be used, the dough quickly turned out on a board, rolled % inch thick, cut into biscuits and brushed with sweet milk, and baked in a baking pan in a quick oven. — [E. F. S., Cal.
Corn Dodgers
To 1 qt cornmeal add a little salt, 1 tablesp butter, scald with boiling water, and boil hard for a minute or two, then drop the batter into well greased gem tins, and bake in a quick oven. — [A. E. H., Wash.
Corn Pone
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