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Twenty lessons in domestic science

1916

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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
1/3 cup whole wheat or Graham % cup corn meal (yellow) ~-~" "" flour 1/3 cup white flour % cup JTew Orleans molasses % cup sour milk 1 egg % teaspoon soda % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon CALUMET Baking % cup seedless raisins may be ' Powder. added Preparation : Beat the egg and add the molasses, milk and other ingredients. Put into well greased brown bread cans, cover each and place them in shallow pan with about one and one-half inches of water. Bake in moderate oven about one and one-naif hours. This recipe will make one large loaf, or two smaller ones. Perfect Corn Bread. (Northern) 1 cup corn meal (yellow) % cup white flour 3/4 cup milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons melted shortening 1 tablespoon sugar % teaspoon salt- 1% teaspoons CALUMET Baking Powder Preparation : Sift the dry ingredients together. Beat the egg, stir in the milk and pour into the other ingredients. Add the melted shorten- ing and mix thoroughly by cutting batter back and forth. Pour into baking pan, brush the top with melted shortening and bake in moderate oven twenty-five minutes. This recipe will make six large corn meal muffins or corn bread sufficient for three or four people. Waffles f 2 cups flour \Vz cups milk 1 tablespoon . sugar Yz teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon oil "2 teaspoons CALUMET Baking 2 eggs Powder Preparation: Separate the eggs, placing the whites in a quart bowl, beat very stiff with rotary beater, then add the yolks and beat again. Then add the other materials, and mix well, using the rotary beater as it makes the batter smooth. Cook in well-greased hot waffle irons, allow- ing about a tablespoonful to each section of the iron. Dust with powdered sugar and serve hot. Colonial Bread (Whole Wheat) 2 cups whole wheat flour 1% cups sweet milk 4% teaspoons CALUMET Baking 1 cup white flour Powder 1 teaspoon salt % cup broken walnut or pecan <2 tablespoons eugar meats Preparation: Sift the dry materials, add the milk and mix with a 40 All measures level unless otherwise specified. Domestic Science LESSON No. 2 Carbohydrates knife. Add the nut meats. Place in well-greased bread pans. Let stand fifteen minutes. Bake in moderate oven one hour. When in the oven about one-half hour, turn the pan. Currants, raisins or dates may be substituted for nut meats. Buttermilk Biscuit 2 cups bread flour 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon CALUMET Baking % teaspoon soda Powder 3 tablespoons shortening Preparation : Sift the flour with the baking powder, soda and salt. Mix in shortening with a fork or spatula. If the buttermilk is not very sour use proportionately less soda. Stir in the milk and do not touch the dough with the hands until turned onto the floured board. Roll it about one-half inch thick and cut with a medium size biscuit cutter. Brush the tops with melted shortening and bake in moderate oven about twelve to fifteen minutes. This recipe will make twenty-four small or eighteen medium biscuits. Dainty Muffins 3 cups flour 4 teaspoons CALUMET Baking 1 teaspoon salt Powder 4 tablespoons melted shortening 2 .tablespoons sugar 1 egg 1%'cups milk Boston Brown Bread