Fastnachts

Ingredients

• three-fourths quart of warm milk
• one-half pound of sifted flour
• four ounces of melted butter
• one ounce of yeast
• one-half cupful of sugar
• one egg
• one-half pound of warmed currants
• one teaspoonful of cinnamon
• the grated rind of a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Mix ingredients to a light sponge, let rise, then add enough flour to mold into biscuits.

2. 2

   Place on baking tins, let rise again, brush with beaten egg, and bake in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fastnachts. — Mix to a light sponge the following ingredients : Three- fourths quart of warm milk, cne-half pound of sifted flour, four ounces of melted butter, one ounce (-1 yeast, one-half cupful of sugar, one e^, one-half pound of warmed currants, the grated rind cf a lemon, one teaspoonful of cinnamon. Set in a warm place to rise, when light add enough flour to mold into biscuits, place them on baking tins and let rise once more, then rub over the top with a brush dipped in a well- beaten egg. Bake in a hot oven. Many prefer to serve them warm with butter. Bran Gems.— Beat two eggs very light, add half a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of brown sugar and one and one-half cupfuls of milk, then stir in a pint of finely ground bran. Fill otied gem pans half full and bake in a hot oven 20 minutes. These gems are advised in some forms of indigestion, where line flour is objectionable. Corn Gems.— Sift together one pint of cornmeal, one pint of flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add one-third of a pint each of milk and water. Mix into a 6rm batter and fill greased gem pans two- thirds full. Entire Wheat Gems. — Three cupfuls entire wheat flour or wheat meal, two cupfuls cold water, half cupful of milk. Heat gem pans very hot on the top of the stove, fill them even full of the batter, place on the grate of a very hot oven. Let them remain 10 minutes on the grate, then bake 30 minntei on the bottom of (he o?eii. They are tl«ftrly u Be THE RURAL COOK BOOK. good if 2'/i cupfuls of water and no milk is used. Do not use any salt, or they will not be so light. Puff Gems. — Beat very light one egg

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