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How we cook in Tennessee ..

1906

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Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Doughnuts. — Two cups sugar, two eggs, two teaspoons bak- ing powder, two teaspoons melted lard, one cup milk, flour enough to roll, flavor with nutmeg. Fry in hot lard. — Mrs. W. H. Wilson. Doughnuts. — One cup of sugar, one egg, one cup sour or but- termilk, two tablespoons of melted butter, one teaspoon of soda✪ Doughnuts, flour enough to roll. Beat egg, add sugar and melted butter, then milk, to which the soda has been added; mix all well with the flour, roll lightly and cut out, fry in boiling lard ; HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. 163 when done sift powdered sugar over top. — Mrs. Perry C. Calla- han. Doughnuts. — One cup of sugar, two eggs, three tablespoons of melted butter, one cup of warm mashed Irish potatoes, cup and a half of flour with one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking- powder, half cup of sweet milk, flavor to taste with grated nut- meg.— Mrs. M. I. Best. Doughnuts. — Three eggs, two cups sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two tablespoons of butter, two teaspoons baking powder. Cut and fry in boiling lard.— Mrs. C. N. Harris. Doughnuts. — One egg, one cup sweet milk, one cup sugar, three teaspoons baking powder, pinch salt, little nutmeg, flour enough to roll out ; fry in hot lard.— Mrs. Lee Agnew. Maple Biscuit. — Beat separately nine eggs, to the yolks add four teacups flour, two teaspoons baking powder and one of vanilla. Boil as for icing, two cups granulated sugar, half cup water✪ Maple Biscuit; pour over the well-beaten whites, turn this into the yellow batter, mix well and bake in the square flat tins. When nicely browned, remove from tins, cut in small squares and triangles; ice alternately with pink and white icing; pyramid on glass cake stand. Dainty, delicate and delicious. Maple Biscuit. — Sift together two cupfuls of flour, two cup- fuls of cornstarch, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Rub into these ingredients one cupful of butter and mix with cold milk to a stiff dough. Roll out, fold up, and roll again, repeating until the dough is flaky. Roll out finally to half an inch in thickness, cut in three-inch circles, brush with butter, dredge thickly with grated maple sugar, fold over and bake twenty minutes. Nut Bars. — Two cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one cup coarsely chopped nuts, half cup milk, half cup sugar, one egg, two tablespoons butter, pinch of salt✪ Nut Bars. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl ; rub in the butter and add the nuts and sugar. Mix to a rather stiff dough with the egg and milk, 164 HOW "WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. turn on to floured board and roll out two-thirds of an inch thick. Cut into bars of convenient size and fry in hot fat until golden brown. Cake Snowballs. — From a perfectly white angel's food cake about two and one-half inches thick cut with a biscuit cutter (medium size) a number of balls. Have ready a rich, white icing. Take each ball on a fork and with a spoon cover en- tirely with icing. Then cover with freshly grated cocoanut. This might also be made with pink icing. — Mary Roxie Snider. Good Tea Cakes. — One quart flour, one-third cup milk, three eggs, one cup sugar, one tablespoon baking powder, half cup lard, pinch salt✪ Good Tea Cakes. Roll out soft dough as you can, cut out and sprinkle with sugar. — Mrs. W. H. Wilson.