Buttermilk Bread

Ingredients

• one pint of buttermilk
• half a gill of yeast
• a tablespoonful of white sugar
• a teaspoonful soda
• two tablespoonfuls melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Heat buttermilk to scalding.

2. 2

   Stir in enough flour to make a tolerably thick batter.

3. 3

   Add half a gill of yeast, and let it rise five or six hours.

4. 4

   If made overnight, omit the yeast and add a tablespoonful of white sugar instead.

5. 5

   In the morning, stir in a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, a little salt, and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter.

6. 6

   Work in just enough flour to handle the dough comfortably; knead well, make into loaves, and let it rise until light.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BUTTERMILK BREAD, One pint of buttermilk heated to scalding. Stir in while it is hot, enough flour to make a tolerably thick batter. Add half a gill of yeast, and let it rise five or six hours. If you make it over night you need not add the yeast, but put in, instead, a tablespoonful of white sugar. In the morning stir into the sponge a teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water, a little salt, and two table- spoonfuls melted butter

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