A textbook of domestic science for high schools

2 eggs 2 tb. butter Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add milk to beaten eggs; stir into the mixture, beat well, and bake in hot, greased muffin pans 25 minutes. Nut Bread 4 c. flour 1 ts. salt 7 ts. baking powder f c. brown sugar Mix well together and add 1£ c. milk, to which has been added 1 well-beaten egg. Add 1 c. chopped nut meats. Bake in a greased brick loaf pan f hour. Brown Nut Bread ^ c. molasses 1 ts. salt 1 ts. soda 1 ts. cream of tartar 2 c. milk | c. sugar 2 c. graham flour 1 c. nuts, chopped 1% c. white flour Add the soda to the molasses and beat until it foams. Add milk, then the dry ingredients mixed together. Add the nuts. Fill pound baking powder cans, greased, one half full, cover, let rise one half hour ; bake f hour in a moderate oven. Boston Brown Bread 1 c. rye meal 2 c. sour milk 1 c. corn meal 2 ts. soda 1 c. graham flour 1 ts. salt f c. molasses Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses and milk, beat well, put into well-buttered molds, and steam 4 or 5 hours. The cover should be buttered. Never fill the mold more than two thirds full. Baking powder cans or lard pails may be used for molds. Bake £ hour after taking from steamer. Pop-overs 1 c. flour 1 ts. salt 1 c. milk (scant) 1 egg Add milk slowly to salt and flour till a smooth paste is formed. Add remainder of milk and the egg. Beat the mixture well and bake in hot gem pans, filling them two thirds full. Bake 30 minutes. Have the oven very hot at first and then reduce temperature. If removed from the oven before they are thoroughly baked, they will fall. Gingerbread ^ c. lard 3 c. flour Yolks of 1 or 2 eggs 1 ts. soda \ c. milk 2 ts. ginger \\ c. molasses \ ts. salt Whites of 2 eggs Mix in the order given, sifting the dry ingredients together, and folding in the beaten whites last. Bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes. Mixtures which contain molasses burn easily, so should be baked in a moderate oven. Griddle Cakes The griddle for baking cakes should be perfectly clean and smooth. If 1 or 2 tb. of melted shortening is added to the batter, the cakes may be cooked without using grease of any kind on the griddle. If grease is used, take a piece of salt pork, or tie a cloth on a short stick or fork, and grease with drippings or lard. Never leave pools of fat on the edge of the griddle to burn. Wipe off the griddle with a cloth after each baking. Sour Milk Griddle Cakes 2| c. flour 2 c. sour milk \ ts. salt 1 egg 1 ts. soda Sift dry ingredients ; add sour milk and well-beaten egg. Drop by spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle. When full of bubbles, turn and bake the other side. Bread Griddle Cakes 1 pt. stale bread crumbs 1 pt. milk, scalded 2 tb. butter Pour the hot milk over the crumbs and butter and soak till soft. Add 1 beaten egg, 1 c. flour, ^ ts. salt, 2 ts. baking powder. Cold milk to thin if necessary. Bake on a hot griddle. Waffles 1 pt. flour 2 eggs 3 ts. baking powder 1^ c. milk \ ts. salt 2 tb. butter, melted Mix in order given, adding milk with the beaten yolks, then butter, and last fold in the beaten whites. Bake in hot waffle pans. Caramel Syrup