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Baking-Powder Bread

From Manual for army cooks, 1896

Regular heat and quick mixing ensure excellent bread.

Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

baking-powder bread. Yeast, or baker's bread, on the other hand, requires much kneading and a good stiff' dough. 272 MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS. If in a linrry, or inex]3eriencecl, Ijisciiits are tlie most easily made; the great fault in prejiaring either is not so mncli inexperience as lack of careful attention to tlie above details. BREAD. In making baking-powder bread observe tlie same rules as mentioned above; mix into a fairly stiff batter, using a large sjDOon, not the hand

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