Rub butter and baking powder into flour, also the salt.
Mix into a light dough with milk. Roll out, cut, and bake in
a hot oven. Mrs, Thomas Erskine.
Griddle Scones.
4 teacups flour.
lJ/2 teaspoons baking powder.
l!/2 teaspoons cream tartar.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 dessertspoon sugar.
1 tablespoon butter.
1 egg.
Milk enough to make a soft dough✪ Griddle Scones.
Put all dry ingredients in basin. Beat egg and mix with
enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Divide in three
parts. Roll out 14-inch thick. Bake on griddle on both sides.
The secret of having very light scones is to make dough soft
and handle little. Jessie Duncan,
190 PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK
Waffles.
1 cup flour.
Yolks of 2 eggs.
2 cups sweet cream.
1 full cup melted butter.
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder.
Whites of the 2 eggs folded in last, just before baking✪ Waffles.
Mrs. John Kollock,
Waffles.
V/i cups milk.
J/2 cup flour.
1 teaspoon baking powder.
Yi cup melted butter.
J4 teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon sugar.
3 eggs beaten separately, add whites last.
Bake in hot irons.
Mrs. Herbert Nichols.
Waffles.
\% cups flour.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
I level teaspoon baking powder.
1 54 cups milk.
Yolks of 2 eggs.
1 tablespoon melted butter.
Whites of 2 eggs folded in lightly.
Mrs. H. P. Palmer.
Buckwheat Cakes.
1 cup milk.
1 cup boiling water.
2 tablespoons molasses.
1/2 cake compressed yeast dissolved in warm water.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
2 cups buckwheat flour, or enough for a good batter✪ Buckwheat Cakes.
Beat 5 minutes and set in a warm place to rise. In the
morning beat hard for 1 minute; add a little soda and let rise
Yi hour before baking. G. G.
BREADS 191
Bread Pancakes.
Soak 2 cups stale bread in 2 cups sour milk until soft.
Add 2 beaten eggs, teaspoon salt, Yi cup flour, and enough
milk to make a thin, smooth batter. Then add 1 teaspoon soda,
dissolved in hot water✪ Bread Pancakes.
C. C. B.
Cornmeal Pancakes.
Pour a little boiling water on a cupful of white cornmeal;
let it stand a Yi hour. Add a teaspoon of salt, tablespoon of
sugar, 1 egg and 2 cups of flour. Add enough milk to make
a thin batter, and a teaspoon baking powder just before
baking✪ Cornmeal Pancakes.
Flannel Cakes.
1 tablespoon butter.
2 cups flour.
2 eggs.
1 tablespoon sugar.
1 teaspoon baking powder.
Rub butter and sugar to a cream, add beaten eggs, then
flour with baking powder. Add milk enough for thin batter✪ Flannel Cakes.
C. C. B.
Hot Griddle Cakes.
1 cup sweet milk.
11/2 cups flour.
1 egg.
1 teaspoon sugar.
Yi teaspoon salt.
2 teaspoons butter.
lJ/2 teaspoons baking powder✪ Hot Griddle Cakes.
Excellent.
Mrs. Henry E. Jones.
Tea Cakes.
2 lbs. flour.
2 tablespoons yeast.
Yi pint lukewarm milk.
2 ounces butter or lard.
192 PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK
2 ounces loaf sugar.
Yi ounce salt.
2 eggs✪ Tea Cakes.
Bake in a quick oven. Make the dough lighter than for
bread and let it rise well before baking. Currants or caraway
seeds are best put in just before the cakes are put into the
oven.
M. 5.
Oatmeal Cakes.
2 cups fine oatmeal.
2 cups flour sifted with 2 cups baking flour.
Almost a cup of brown sugar.
1 cup butter and lard mixed.
Enough sweet milk to mix not too soft✪ Oatmeal Cakes.
Cut in squares and cook in quick oven.
Mrs. Henry B. Joy,
H. LIEBES & CO.
J. p. Plagemann, Managrer
Manufacturing Furriers ae Exclusive Designs
Fur Coats Fur Storage and
Fur Sets Insurance
Fur Neckpieces
Furs Fur Muffs
Remodeled Fur Lined Coats
and Renovated Children's Furs
Corbett Building
Main 1^4 A !^44() :^88 Morrison Street
Cakes
To Regulate Gas Oven In Baking Cakes.
Turn on burners full for five minutes, then reduce to half,
or slightly less.
Unless otherwise directed, butter and sugar must be rubbed
to a cream, followed by beaten eggs, milk, flour and flavoring.
Amazon Cake.
1 cup butter.
2 cups sugar.
1 cup milk.
3J/2 cups flour.
1 glass sherry.
6 eggs.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
1 teaspoon lemon. ✪ Amazon Cake
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Rub butter and baking powder into flour, also the salt. Mix into a light dough with milk. Roll out, cut, and bake in a hot oven. Mrs. Thomas Erskine.
Griddle Scones.
4 teacups flour. lJ/2 teaspoons baking powder. l!/2 teaspoons cream tartar.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 dessertspoon sugar.
1 tablespoon butter.
1 egg. Milk enough to make a soft dough.
Put all dry ingredients in basin. Beat egg and mix with enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Divide in three parts. Roll out 14-inch thick. Bake on griddle on both sides. The secret of having very light scones is to make dough soft and handle little. Jessie Duncan,
Waffles.
1 cup flour. Yolks of 2 eggs.
2 cups sweet cream.
1 full cup melted butter. 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Whites of the 2 eggs folded in last, just before baking.
Mrs. John Kollock.
Waffles.
V/i cups milk. J/2 cup flour.
1 teaspoon baking powder. Yi cup melted butter. J4 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon sugar.
3 eggs beaten separately, add whites last. Bake in hot irons.
Mrs. Herbert Nichols.
Waffles. \% cups flour. 1/2 teaspoon salt.
I level teaspoon baking powder. 1 54 cups milk. Yolks of 2 eggs.
1 tablespoon melted butter. Whites of 2 eggs folded in lightly.
Mrs. H. P. Palmer.
Buckwheat Cakes.
1 cup milk.
1 cup boiling water.
2 tablespoons molasses.
1/2 cake compressed yeast dissolved in warm water.
1/2 teaspoon salt. 2 cups buckwheat flour, or enough for a good batter.
Beat 5 minutes and set in a warm place to rise. In the morning beat hard for 1 minute; add a little soda and let rise Yi hour before baking. G. G.
Bread Pancakes.
Soak 2 cups stale bread in 2 cups sour milk until soft. Add 2 beaten eggs, teaspoon salt, Yi cup flour, and enough milk to make a thin, smooth batter. Then add 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in hot water.
Cornmeal Pancakes.
Pour a little boiling water on a cupful of white cornmeal; let it stand a Yi hour. Add a teaspoon of salt, tablespoon of sugar, 1 egg and 2 cups of flour. Add enough milk to make a thin batter, and a teaspoon baking powder just before baking.
Flannel Cakes.
1 tablespoon butter.
2 cups flour. 2 eggs.
1 tablespoon sugar. 1 teaspoon baking powder.
Rub butter and sugar to a cream, add beaten eggs, then flour with baking powder. Add milk enough for thin batter.
Hot Griddle Cakes.
1 cup sweet milk.
11/2 cups flour.
1 egg.
1 teaspoon sugar. Yi teaspoon salt.
2 teaspoons butter.
lJ/2 teaspoons baking powder. Excellent.
Mrs. Henry E. Jones.
Tea Cakes.
2 lbs. flour. 2 tablespoons yeast. Yi pint lukewarm milk. 2 ounces butter or lard.
2 ounces loaf sugar. Yi ounce salt. 2 eggs.
Bake in a quick oven. Make the dough lighter than for bread and let it rise well before baking. Currants or caraway seeds are best put in just before the cakes are put into the oven.
M. 5. Oatmeal Cakes.
2 cups fine oatmeal.
2 cups flour sifted with 2 cups baking flour.
Almost a cup of brown sugar.
1 cup butter and lard mixed.
Enough sweet milk to mix not too soft.
Cut in squares and cook in quick oven.
Mrs. Henry B. Joy.
H. LIEBES & CO.
J. p. Plagemann, Managrer
Manufacturing Furriers ae Exclusive Designs
Fur Coats Fur Storage and
Fur Sets Insurance
Fur Neckpieces Furs Fur Muffs
Remodeled Fur Lined Coats
and Renovated Children's Furs
Corbett Building
Main 1^4 A !^44() :^88 Morrison Street
Cakes
To Regulate Gas Oven In Baking Cakes.
Turn on burners full for five minutes, then reduce to half, or slightly less.
Unless otherwise directed, butter and sugar must be rubbed to a cream, followed by beaten eggs, milk, flour and flavoring.
Amazon Cake.
1 cup butter.
2 cups sugar. 1 cup milk.
3J/2 cups flour. 1 glass sherry. 6 eggs.
1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 teaspoon lemon.
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