Corn Meal Gems

Ingredients

• 1 tb corn meal
• 1 c corn meal
• 2 tb flour
• 1 c flour
• 0.5 tp baking powder
• 2 tp baking powder
• 1 tb sugar
• 1 tb melted butter
• 0.5 tp salt
• 0.5 c milk
• 1 egg

Method

1. 1

   1.

2. 2

   Scald the milk and add butter and salt.

3. 3

   2.

4. 4

   Stir in corn meal and let thicken.

5. 5

   3.

6. 6

   Beat eggs and add to mixture.

7. 7

   4.

8. 8

   Sift flour, sugar, and baking powder together and add to batter.

9. 9

   5.

10. 10

    Pour into a hot, buttered gem pan and bake for about 20 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science (1914 text-book) (1914) by Bertha J. Hoisington Austin, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Corn Meal Gems Materials used: Class Rule Home Rule 1 tb com meal i c com meal 2 tb flour 1 c flour f tp baking powder 2 tp baking powder 1 tb sugar 1 tb sugar i tb melted butter 1 tb melted butter ^ tp salt i tp salt Utbmilk f c milk iegg Iegg Utensils needed: 3 bowls tablespoon teaspoon sifter gem pan case knife egg beater Digitized by CjOOQK 122 DOMESTIC SCIENCE Work to be done: 1. Scald the milk. 2. Add the butter and salt. ' 3. Stir in the corn meal; let thicken a few moments; then cool. 4. Beat the' eggs without separating. 5. Add the eggs to the mixture. 6. Sift flour, sugar, and baking powder together, and add to the batter. 7. Turn into a hot, buttered gem pan. 8. Bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Principles: Com meal is too crumbly to be used alone. Com in drying loses so much water by evaporation that it becomes hard and flinty. By scalding the corn meal, the starch cells are broken so that they absorb the liquid, causing them to swell. Thus the starch cells are prepared to be acted upon by the digestive juice. Serving: Corn meal gems are served the same as muflSns. Table manners: Rule: If not certain just how a given dish is to be eaten, glance at the hostesSy and do the same as she does. Cleaning up: 1. Soak the dish in which com meal was scalded with cold water. Why? What has been learned: 1. Corn meal cannot be used alone because it is too crumbly. 2. Com meal should be scalded in order to break the starch cells. Additional Recipes Golden Corn Cake i c com meal i c sugar i tp salt IJ c flour 2J tp baking powder 1 c milk Rich Corn Cake 1 c corn meal 4 tp baking powder J tp salt 1 c white flour i c sugar } c milk 1 egg

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