The Williamston cook book

34 cup meal 1 tsp: salt 1 cup sweet milk 2 tsp. baking powder 2 eggs 1 cup boiling water 1 tbsp. shortening 1 tsp. sugar (optional) Into mixing bowl put the shortening, salt and meal. Over this pour the boiling water and mix until smooth ... free from lumps. Add milk and the lightly beaten eggs; then add baking powder. Pour into greased baking dish and bake 30 to 40 min. in moderate oven. (In baking spoon bread it is best to have oven hot when first put in... then decrease to . moderate.) Mrs. © Barnhill, sort HUSH PUPPIES (To Be Cooked and Eaten with Fish) 2 cups cornmeal 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon flour 1 whole egg 14 teaspoon soda 3 tbsps. chopped onion (fine) 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup buttermilk Mix all dry ingredients together. Add onion, then milk and last the beaten egg. Drop by the spoonful into pan or kettle in which fish is being fried. Fry to a golden brown. Drain on paper, the same as fried fish. If a deep kettle is being used, the hush puppy breads will float when done. “Southern Cooking.” CORN STICKS OR MUFFINS 1 cup all purpose flour 1 egg i cup yellow or white corn 1 cup milk meal | Y% cup Mazola salad oil 2 tosps. sugar (or other oil) lo tsp. salt 3 tsps. baking powder Sift together flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt.. Beat WAFFLES 5 teaspoons baking powder 14 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1% cup fine corn meal 2 cups milk 4 tablespoons melted 2 cups sifted plain flour shortening Beat eggs well with rotary egg beater. Add milk. Sift together the flour, corn meal, baking powder and salt. Beat flour mixture into the egg mixture and milk. Add melted shortening and beat with rotary egg beat- er. Bake on hot waffle iron. Mrs. B. F. Perry. PLAIN WAFFLES 2 cups flour 2 eggs, separated 3 teaspoons baking powder ¥% cup melted shortening Y% teaspoon salt 14% cups milk 2 tablespoons sugar Mix and sift dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Drop in egg yolks, and gradually add milk, beating until batter is smooth. Beat in the melted shortening. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake 3 minutes. Mrs. J. 0L:. Harris, egg, add milk and oil and add to dry ingredients. Fill corn stick pan (or muffin tins) which have been oiled with Mazola. Fill 2/3 full. Bake in hot oven. (400 degrees) for 25 minutes. Serve hot. Makes 12 sticks or muffins. Mrs. J. T. Edmondson. GRIDDLE CAKES 2 cups self-rising flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg 1% cups milk 3 tablespoons milted fat Sift and measure flour, add the beaten egg, milk and sugar. Add the fat and bake on a hot griddle. Griddle cakes are ready to turn when the bubbles stop coming to the top. Mrs. Myrtle Brown. FLUFFY WAFFLES 2 well beaten egg yolks 4 tsp. baking powder 1% cups milk 6 tbsp. melted shortening 2 cups pastry flour Y% tsp. salt Combine beaten egg yolks and milk; add flour sifted with salt and baking powder, then cooled shortening. Beat smooth and folk in egg Whites. Bake on ungreased waffle iron. (Makes 4-6 waffles). Mrs. Jessup Harrison. 2 egg whites, beaten stiff WAFFLES (3 large) 1% ce. flour 1 to 2 eggs, separated 3 t. baking powder 1c. sweet milk 1% t. salt 3 tb. shortening, melted 1 th. sugar Sift dry ingredients. Beat egg yolks, add milk, and _ shortening (slightly cooled) and turn into a well made in dry ingredients. Combine liquid and dry ingredients. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Heat iron. Grease if necessary. Pour batter on iron. lower cover, turn iron at once. Bake about 4 or 5 minutes. Uniform golden-brown color, regular shape, well filled; crisp, tender crusts; light; pleasing flavor. Substitutions and Variations Bacon Waffles: Before closing grids, place pieces of raw bacon in center of each section. Or, they may be placed in lower grid before pouring batter. Corn Meal Waffles: Use % c. corn meal to replace same amount of white flour.