Breather Crust

Ingredients

• two cups flour
• two teaspoonfuls of Eagle Baking Powder
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• two tablespoonfuls of butter
• one egg
• three-quarters of a cup of milk
• four tart apples

Method

1. 1

   Place the flour in the sieve and add the baking powder, sift into a mixing bowl and rub in the butter.

2. 2

   Add the salt to the egg and beat to a thick cream with a Dover beater in a small bowl with straight sides.

3. 3

   To the flour add the apples sliced thin, then the egg and milk.

4. 4

   Place in buttered cups.

5. 5

   The half-pound baking powder cans answer this purpose nicely.

6. 6

   Put on the covers and steam one hour and a quarter.

7. 7

   Serve with a liquid or a hard sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Common sense recipe book (1898) by Sarah Allen, page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREATHER CRUST: (By Miss Andrews.) Two cups flour, two teaspoonfuls of Eagle Baking Powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one egg, three-quarters of a cup of milk, four tart apples

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