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Brewis

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 1

This was a favorite with our grandmothers.

Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Heat 2 cups of slightly salted milk
  • stir in a cup of the dried crumbs
  • Add a tablespoon of butter

Method

  1. Heat the milk until it boils, stir in the dried crumbs, add butter, and cook, beating steadily, for 5 minutes.

  2. Serve with cream or milk.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREWIS. — Dry bread in the oven and crush with rolling pin into crumbs. Heat 2 cups of slightly salted milk, and when it boils, stir in a cup of the dried crumbs. Add a tablespoon of butter

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