Crumpets

Ingredients

• Four cups of warm milk
• two-thirds of a cup of yeast
• three tablespoonfuls of melted butter
• one teaspoonful of salt
• one teaspoonful of soda
• four cups of flour

Method

1. 1

   Set these ingredients, except the butter and soda, as a sponge, over night.

2. 2

   In the morning, add the melted butter, with half cup of flour, to prevent the butter from thinning the batter; stir in the soda, half fill the muffin-rings with this mixture, and let them stand twenty minutes, or until light, before baking.

3. 3

   If you like them sweet, you can add a teacupful of white sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CRUMPETS. Four cups of warm milk, two-thirds of a cup of yeast, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one teaspoonful of salt, one tea- spoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water, four cups of flour. Set these ingredients, except the butter and soda, as a sponge, over night. In the morning, add the melted butter, with half cup of flour, to prevent the butter from thinning the batter; stir in the soda, half fill the muffin-rings with this mixture, and let them stand twenty minutes, or until light, before baking. If you like them sweet, you can add a teacupful of white sugar. CORXMEAL CRUMPETS. One quart of Indian meal, one quart of boiled milk, one-half teacup of yeast, two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls of lard, or butter, or half and half, one saltspoon- ful salt. Scald the meal with the boiling milk, and let it stand until hike-warm. Then stir in the sugar, yeast, and salt, and let it rise five hours. Add the melted shortening, beat well, put in greased muffin-rings, set these near the fire for fifteen minutes and bake. Half an hour in a quick oven ought to cook them. WHEAT MUFFINS. One and one-half cups of sweet milk, two eggs, one table- spoonful of butter, two heaping teaspoonfuls of Equity baking- powder, flour enough to make a smooth batter. Bake in muffin- rings in a hot oven. Add teaspoonful of salt. CORN MUFFINS. One-half cup of butter, one cup of white sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of flour, two cups of cornmeal, three eggs, three teaspoonfuls of Equity baking-powder. Stir the butter and suo-ar to a cream, add the beaten eggs, then the flour with 122 BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. the baking-powder; beat ten minutes; add the milk and corn- meal; bake in muffin-rings or jam-pans, in a very hot oven. This recipe makes a very nice Johnny cake. i » HOMINY MUFFINS. Two and one-half cupfuls of fine hominy, four cupfuls of sour milk, four eggs, one-half cup of butter and lard mixed, three tablespoonf uls of white sugar, one and one-half coffeecupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda

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