French Rolls — Two eggs, ^ pint milk, 1
tablespoonful yeast, 1 oz. butter✪ French Rolls.
Beat 2 eggs and mix with them 3^ pint milk
and a tablespoonful yeast; knead well and let
stand till morning; then work in 1 oz. butter;
mold into small rolls, and bake at once.
Cinnamon Rolls — Save a piece of dough,
about enough to make a loaf, out of your bread
before you make it out for baking. To this
dough add 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful butter, 3^ cup-
ful milk, 1 cupful sugar and 1 tablespoonful
cinnamon✪ Cinnamon Rolls. Work thoroughly, make into rolls
and set to rise. When almost done draw to the
oven-door, spread lightly with butter and cover
with a mixture made of 3 tablespoonfuls butter
and 1 tablespoonful cinnamon. Good hot or cold.
Parkin — One and three-fourths lbs. flour, %
lb. oatmeal, 4 oz. butter, 2 lbs. molasses, a tea-
cupful milk, 6 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 1
dessertspoonful ground ginger✪ Parkin.
Mix the dry ingredients well together, warm
the molasses with milk (do not make it hot) and
mix the whole. Bake in a well-buttered tin for
1 hour. Cut into squares before taking out of
the tin. It should be 13^ inches thick.
Breakfast Rolls — Two quarts flour, 1 table-
spoonful sugar, 1 tablespoonful butter, 3^ cupful
yeast, 1 pint scalded milk, or water if milk is
scarce, and a little salt.
Set to rise until light; then knead until hard
and set to rise, and when wanted make in rolls;
place a piece of butter between the folds, and
bake in a slow oven.
152 White Ribbon Cook Book.
Grraham Biscuits — One quart water or milk,
butter the size of an egg, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar,
2 tablespoonfuls baker's yeast, and a pinch of
salt; enough white flour to use up the water,
making it the consistency of batter cakes, and
as much Graham flour as can be stirred in with
a spoon.
Set it away till morning; in the morning grease
pan, flour hands; take a lump of dough the size
of a large egg; roll lightly between the palms;
let them rise 20 minutes and bake in a tolerably
hot oven.
Sally Lunn — Two lbs. flour, ^ lb. butter, 3
eggs, 1 pint milk, )^ gill yeast, salt according to
taste.
Cut up the butter in the flour, and with your
hands rub it well together; boat the eggs; add
them gradually to the flour alternately with the
milk; stir in the yeast and salt. Bake it in an
earthen mold, or iron pan, 1 hour.
Breakfast Muffins — Three eggs, 1 breakfast-
cupful milk, 1 tablespoonful butter melted, 1
tablespoonful sugar✪ Breakfast Rolls, a pinch of salt, 2 heaped
teaspoonfuls baking-powder.
Whisk the eggs and mix with the milk; put
the melted butter into a basin with the above
ingredients, mixing in flour enough to make a
batter. Bake in round tins, and when almost
done wash the top of each with a feather dipped
in milk.
Graham Muffins— One quart Graham flour, 2
teaspoonfuls baking-powder, a piece of butter
the size of a walnut, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful sugar,
3^ teaspoonful salt, milk enough to make a bat-
ter as thick as for griddle cake✪ Graham Muffinss.
Bake in muffin-rings, about 20 minutes, in a
quick oven.
Bread and Cakes. 153
Rice Muffins — Two cups cold boiled rice, 1
pint flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful
sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, ^ pint
milk, 3 eggs✪ Rice Muffins.
Mix into a smooth and rather firm batter, and
bake as above.
Oatmeal Muffins — One cup oatmeal, 1^
pints flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls
baking-powder, 1 pint milk, 1 tablespoonful lard,
2 eggs✪ Oatmeal Muffins.
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French Rolls — Two eggs, ^ pint milk, 1
tablespoonful yeast, 1 oz. butter.
Beat 2 eggs and mix with them 3^ pint milk
and a tablespoonful yeast; knead well and let
stand till morning; then work in 1 oz. butter;
mold into small rolls, and bake at once.
Cinnamon Rolls — Save a piece of dough,
about enough to make a loaf, out of your bread
before you make it out for baking. To this
dough add 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful butter, 3^ cup-
ful milk, 1 cupful sugar and 1 tablespoonful
cinnamon. Work thoroughly, make into rolls
and set to rise. When almost done draw to the
oven-door, spread lightly with butter and cover
with a mixture made of 3 tablespoonfuls butter
and 1 tablespoonful cinnamon. Good hot or cold.
Parkin — One and three-fourths lbs. flour, %
lb. oatmeal, 4 oz. butter, 2 lbs. molasses, a tea-
cupful milk, 6 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 1
dessertspoonful ground ginger.
Mix the dry ingredients well together, warm
the molasses with milk (do not make it hot) and
mix the whole. Bake in a well-buttered tin for
1 hour. Cut into squares before taking out of
the tin. It should be 13^ inches thick.
Breakfast Rolls — Two quarts flour, 1 table-
spoonful sugar, 1 tablespoonful butter, 3^ cupful
yeast, 1 pint scalded milk, or water if milk is
scarce, and a little salt.
Set to rise until light; then knead until hard
and set to rise, and when wanted make in rolls;
place a piece of butter between the folds, and
bake in a slow oven.
152 White Ribbon Cook Book.
Grraham Biscuits — One quart water or milk,
butter the size of an egg, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar,
2 tablespoonfuls baker's yeast, and a pinch of
salt; enough white flour to use up the water,
making it the consistency of batter cakes, and
as much Graham flour as can be stirred in with
a spoon.
Set it away till morning; in the morning grease
pan, flour hands; take a lump of dough the size
of a large egg; roll lightly between the palms;
let them rise 20 minutes and bake in a tolerably
hot oven.
Sally Lunn — Two lbs. flour, ^ lb. butter, 3
eggs, 1 pint milk, )^ gill yeast, salt according to
taste.
Cut up the butter in the flour, and with your
hands rub it well together; boat the eggs; add
them gradually to the flour alternately with the
milk; stir in the yeast and salt. Bake it in an
earthen mold, or iron pan, 1 hour.
Breakfast Muffins — Three eggs, 1 breakfast-
cupful milk, 1 tablespoonful butter melted, 1
tablespoonful sugar, a pinch of salt, 2 heaped
teaspoonfuls baking-powder.
Whisk the eggs and mix with the milk; put
the melted butter into a basin with the above
ingredients, mixing in flour enough to make a
batter. Bake in round tins, and when almost
done wash the top of each with a feather dipped
in milk.
Graham Muffins— One quart Graham flour, 2
teaspoonfuls baking-powder, a piece of butter
the size of a walnut, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful sugar,
3^ teaspoonful salt, milk enough to make a bat-
ter as thick as for griddle cakes.
Bake in muffin-rings, about 20 minutes, in a
quick oven.
Bread and Cakes. 153
Rice Muffins — Two cups cold boiled rice, 1
pint flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful
sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, ^ pint
milk, 3 eggs.
Mix into a smooth and rather firm batter, and
bake as above.
Oatmeal Muffins — One cup oatmeal, 1^
pints flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls
baking-powder, 1 pint milk, 1 tablespoonful lard,
2 eggs.