Take one quart of flour, one egg not beaten, one cupful
of sugar, a lump of butter the size of an egg. Mix with
sweet milk to a soft dough (nearly one pint✪ Coffee Bread), two tea-spoon-
fuls of baking-powder. Divide into three quantities and
put into jelly-pans. Score deeply; pour over this one cup-
ful of melted butter; then mix one cupful of sugar and one
paper of ground cinnamon together, and sprinkle over this.
Bake. Mrs. G. T. Hunter.
FEDERAL BREAD.
Take three eggs, one table-spoonful of butter, one table-
spoonful of lard, two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one
tea-spoonful of soda, one quart of flour, sufficient buttermilk
to wet it, two table-spoonfuls of sugar. Let it rise like light
bread. Bake. ^Rs. D. B. Lacy, Owixgsville, Ky.
SODA BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, into which' mix one table-spoon-
ful of lard and one-half tea-spoonful of salt. Then stir into
one-half pint of buttermilk one-half tea-spoonful of soda.
Mix this with the flour. Bake quickly.
GRAHAM BISCUIT.
Take one quart of Graham flour, one tea-cupful of sugar,
sour cream enough to make a soft dough, one tea-spoonful
soda, one table-spoonful of butter✪ Graham Biscuit. Work sugar, butter, and
flour together; then add cream, and work but little. Make
into biscuits, and bake. Mrs. Joxes, Escuuapia Springs.
144 The New Kentucky Some Cook Book.
BEEF-SUET BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, oue tea-spoouful of suet chopped
fine, one-half pint of buttermilk, and one-half tea-spoonful
of soda✪ Beef-Suet Biscuit. Mrs. N. A. Glascock.
BUTTERMILK BISCUIT.
Take one quart of buttermilk, one tea-spoonful of soda,
one table-spoonful of butter, flour enough to roll out✪ Buttermilk Biscuit.
Mrs. Cary Hall.
GRAHAM GEMS.
Take one quart of unbolted flour, one pint of buttermilk,
one egg, one tea-spoonful of soda, salt✪ Graham Gems. Put the soda in the
buttermilk, then add the egg. Stir in the flower very slow-
ly until it becomes a smooth batter. Bake quickly in a hot
oven. Mrs. Tabb.
QUICK GRAHAM BREAD.
Take one and one-half pint of sour milk, one-half coffee-
cupful of molasses, one-half tea-spoonful of salt, two tea-
spoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little hot water, as much
Graham flour as can be stirred in with a spoon✪ Quick Graham Bread. Pour into
a well-greased pan, and put into the oven. Bake for two
hours. Excellent. Mrs. W. S. Moores.
GRAHAM PUFFS.
Take one quart of buttermilk, two eggs, one tea-spoonful
of salt, one tea-spoonful of soda, one table-spoonful of sugar,
Graham flour to make a stiff batter✪ Graham Puffs. Grease the muffin-
irons, set on the stove until thoroughly heated ; pour in the
batter and bake. Mrs. Moores,
GRAHAM BISCUIT.
Take one and one-half pint of Graham flour, two level
table-spoonfuls of lard, one and one-half dessert-spoonful of
baking-powder, three-fourths of a pint of sweet milk, salt.
Mix as in baking-powder biscuits, and bake quickly. Do
not sift Graham flour. Mrs. J. F. Robinson.
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. 143
RUSK.
Take one coffee-cupful of lard and butter mixed, beat with
one cupful of sugar, beat one egg with another cupful of
sugar, one even tea-spoonful of soda, two tea-spoonfuls of
salt, sifted with three pints of flour. Use two coffee-cupful^
of potato sponge✪ Rusk. Knead well; let rise, and knead again
before putting into pans. Miss Phcebe Wood.
RUSK.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take one quart of flour, one egg not beaten, one cupful of sugar, a lump of butter the size of an egg. Mix with sweet milk to a soft dough (nearly one pint), two tea-spoonfuls of baking-powder. Divide into three quantities and put into jelly-pans. Score deeply; pour over this one cupful of melted butter; then mix one cupful of sugar and one paper of ground cinnamon together, and sprinkle over this. Bake. Mrs. G. T. Hunter.
FEDERAL BREAD.
Take three eggs, one table-spoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of lard, two tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one tea-spoonful of soda, one quart of flour, sufficient buttermilk to wet it, two table-spoonfuls of sugar. Let it rise like light bread. Bake. Mrs. D. B. Lacy, Owingsville, Ky.
SODA BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, into which mix one table-spoonful of lard and one-half tea-spoonful of salt. Then stir into one-half pint of buttermilk one-half tea-spoonful of soda. Mix this with the flour. Bake quickly.
GRAHAM BISCUIT.
Take one quart of Graham flour, one tea-cupful of sugar, sour cream enough to make a soft dough, one tea-spoonful soda, one table-spoonful of butter. Work sugar, butter, and flour together; then add cream, and work but little. Make into biscuits, and bake. Mrs. Jones, Escumapia Springs.
144 The New Kentucky Some Cook Book.
BEEF-SUET BISCUIT.
Take one quart of flour, one tea-spoonful of suet chopped fine, one-half pint of buttermilk, and one-half tea-spoonful of soda. Mrs. N. A. Glascock.
BUTTERMILK BISCUIT. Take one quart of buttermilk, one tea-spoonful of soda, one table-spoonful of butter, flour enough to roll out.
Mrs. Cary Hall.
GRAHAM GEMS.
Take one quart of unbolted flour, one pint of buttermilk, one egg, one tea-spoonful of soda, salt. Put the soda in the buttermilk, then add the egg. Stir in the flour very slowly until it becomes a smooth batter. Bake quickly in a hot oven. Mrs. Tabb.
QUICK GRAHAM BREAD.
Take one and one-half pint of sour milk, one-half coffeecupful of molasses, one-half tea-spoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little hot water, as much Graham flour as can be stirred in with a spoon. Pour into a well-greased pan, and put into the oven. Bake for two hours. Excellent. Mrs. W. S. Moores.
GRAHAM PUFFS.
Take one quart of buttermilk, two eggs, one tea-spoonful of salt, one tea-spoonful of soda, one table-spoonful of sugar, Graham flour to make a stiff batter. Grease the muffinirons, set on the stove until thoroughly heated ; pour in the batter and bake. Mrs. Moores,
GRAHAM BISCUIT.
Take one and one-half pint of Graham flour, two level table-spoonfuls of lard, one and one-half dessert-spoonful of baking-powder, three-fourths of a pint of sweet milk, salt. Mix as in baking-powder biscuits, and bake quickly. Do not sift Graham flour. Mrs. J. F. Robinson.
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. 143
RUSK.
Take one coffee-cupful of lard and butter mixed, beat with one cupful of sugar, beat one egg with another cupful of sugar, one even tea-spoonful of soda, two tea-spoonfuls of salt, sifted with three pints of flour. Use two coffee-cupful^ of potato sponge. Knead well; let rise, and knead again before putting into pans. Miss Phcebe Wood.
RUSK.
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