American Loaf

Ingredients

• Two teacupfuls white Indian meal
• 1 teacupful of fine flour
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups of milk
• 1 oz. of butter
• 1 oz. of castor sugar
• small teaspoonful of salt
• 1 dessertspoonful Bird's baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, meal, and sugar in a basin; beat eggs, melt butter, mix with eggs and milk, pour on flour, add salt, and mix thoroughly.

2. 2

   Put into a well-buttered tin and bake steadily in a moderate oven for half an hour or three-quarters.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Cameron's cookery book (1898) by Ida Cameron, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.