Cracked Wheat

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup cracked wheat
• 3 cups water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Soak the cracked wheat in two cups of water for two hours.

2. 2

   Heat remaining water to boiling point, add salt and the cracked wheat with the water in which it has been soaking.

3. 3

   Boil for ten minutes; place in cooker overnight.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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