Cornmeal Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 2 cups granulated yellow cornmeal
• 1 cup white flour
• 1 level teaspoon salt
• butter size of an egg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Butter the gem pan and have it hot before putting in the batter; bake for 30 minutes in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 217. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CORNMEAL MUFFINS — Use 1 egg, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 cups granulated yellow cornmeal, 1 cup white flour, 1 level teaspoon salt, butter size of an egg, 2 teaspoons baking x^owder. Butter the gem= pan and have it hot before putting in the batter; bake -| hour in a hot oven. Cornmeal Muffins No. 2. — Use 1 egg, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 cup corn- meal, 1 cup flour, 2 teaspoons baking j)owder, ^ tablesiDoon butter, ^ teaspoon salt, milk to make a stiff batter. RAISED MUFFINS.— To 2 cups scalded milk, add butter or dripping the size of an egg, and 1 teaspoon salt; when lukewarm add I of a yeast cake dissolved in ^ teacup warm water, or ^ teacup of liquid yeast; add 1 egg and about 4 cups flour, or enough to make a batter that will drop easily, remembering that it is thinner after rising. Beat all well together, let rise till light, and bake in buttered muffin rings on a griddle, or in a gem=pan. Do not stir it down before baking; mix at night for breafast, and in the morning for supper. RICE MUFFINS — Use 1 cup cold boiled rice, 2 cups flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 quart milk, or enough to make a thin batter; bake quickly. RYE MUFFINS — Sift together 1 cup wheat flour, ^ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, -| teaspoon soda, ^ teaspoon salt, add 1 cup rye meal (not flour); beat 1 egg, add 1 cup milk, add it to the other ingredients, beat well, put in hot, greased muffin tins, and bake 20 minutes in a quick oven. GLUTEN MUFFINS — To 1 egg, beaten light without separa- ting, add 1 pint milk, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 pint gluten flour; beat well, add 2 teaspoons baking powder

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