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Historic Paxton, her days and her ways, 1722-1913

1913

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Presented as published in 1913. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
It will be noticed that some of the recipes which follow are nameless. This is not because no one can be found to sponsor them, nor, that they are any less valuable and reliable than the named ones, but because most of them are used in common by a wide family connection and can scarcely be claimed by any one person. I BREADS OF VARIOUS KINDS Corn Bread (Mrs. Marshall Butherford.) 2 cups of flour. % cup of sugar. 1 cup of cornmeal. 1 cup of sweet milkCorn Bread. Vs cup of butter aud lard mixed. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in two small bread pans for half an hour. Federal Bread (Mrs. J. E. Butherford.) li/o pounds of flour. 1 pint of sweet milk. 2 ounces of butter. 3 eggs. % yeast cake (Fleischman). 1 tablespoon of sugar. 1 saltspoon of saltFederal Bread. Heat the milk warm enough to melt the butter. Put the flour in a bowl, make a hole in the middle of it and pour in the milk and other ingredients. When well mixed, pour into a well greased pan and set away to rise. When light, bake in a moderate oven one hour. Split open, butter and eat hot. Set at night for breakfast and at noon for tea. 145 Graham Bread (Mrs. Bellett Lawson.) 1 cup of molasses. 1 pint of sweet milk. 4 cups of graham flour. 1 teaspoon of soda. 1 teaspoon of salt. 2 teaspoons of baking powderGraham Bread. Warm the molasses until it foams. Put the baking powder into one cup of the flour. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Huckleberry Muffins (Mrs. Thomas Lyter.) Ys cup of butter. 14 cup of sugar. 1 egg, 1 cup of huckleberries. 1% cups of flour. 1 cup of milk. 3 teaspoons of baking powder. 1/2 teaspoon of saltHuckleberry Muffins. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg well beaten, then the berries. Next add the milk and lastly the flour, baking powder and salt sifted together. Bake in greased muffin pans about twenty minutes. Pan Cakes (Mrs. F. 0. Taylor.) 1 quart of sour milk. 2 tablespoons of butter. 1 teaspoon of vinegar. 146 2 teaspoons of soda. 1 teaspoon of salt. Flour enough to make a thin batterPan Cakes. Beat well and let the mixture stand several hours. Bake on a hot gridle. Potato Biscuit (Mrs. J. Q. A. Butherford.) 1 pint of mashed potato. 1 cup of white sugar. 3 eggs (well beaten). 1 tablespoon of salt (large). '% cake of yeast. 1% cups of warm water. 1 quart of flour. 1 cup of lard (melted) or butter and lard mixed. 1 teaspoon of baking powderPotato Biscuit. Add the sugar and salt to the hot mashed po- tatoes. When cool, add the eggs, the yeast dis- solved in the water, and the flour. Let it stand over night. In the morning add the lard and the baking powder sifted in a little flour, and enough flour to make as stiff as rolls. Let the dough stand until light. Roll about an inch thick and cut with a small cutter. When light bake in a hot oven. Potato Doughnuts (Mrs. S. F. Barber.) 3 cups of mashed potatoes. 3 eggs. 3 cups of sugar. 147 FOR WRITTEN RECIPES 1% cups of milk. 6 teaspoons of baking powder. 1 nutmeg. Butter size of small egg. Pinch of saltPotato Doughnuts. While the potatoes are warm add sugar, butter and milk. Mix very stiff and roll quite thin, as they swell a great deal. This makes a large quantity. Fry in deep fat. Wheat Muffins (Mrs. W. FranTclin Butherford.) 2 eggs. ^ cup of sugar. 1 cup of sweet milk. 2 cups of flour. % 2 teaspoons of baking powder. A pinch of salt.