Corn Gems

Ingredients

• two cups of cornmeal
• one teaspoon of salt
• a piece of butter the size of an egg
• one cup of boiling milk
• one teacup of cold milk
• three beaten eggs
• two teaspoons of baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix cornmeal and salt in a bowl, place butter in the center, and pour boiling milk over it.

2. 2

   Stir well, then add cold milk, beaten eggs, and baking powder.

3. 3

   Pour into hot greased gem pans and bake in a quick oven for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 130. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CORN GEMS Mix through two cups of cornmeal one teaspoon of salt. Put the meal in a bowl, a piece of butter the size of an egg in the centre, and pour over it one cup of boiling milk. Stir well. Then add one teacup of cold milk, three beaten eggs, one teaspoon of salt, and one cup of flour. To this stir in two teaspoons of baking powder

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