Flannel Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Indian meal
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 yeast cake
• 1/4 cup lukewarm water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 cups scalded milk

Method

1. 1

   Scald meal with milk; add butter, and when lukewarm, add remaining ingredients; let mixture rise overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning cook as Griddle Cakes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 67. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

^ cup lukewarm water 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups warm water I cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda Mix buckwheat, corn meal, and salt ; add dissolved yeast cake, molasses, and water ; beat well. Let rise over night. In the morning beat, add soda, beat, and fry. A pitcher is the most convenient dish for raising these cakes. Flannel Cakes 1| cups Indian meal 4 tablespoons butter li cups flour I yeast cake dissolved in one 1 teaspoon salt quarter cup lukewarm water 2 tablespoons sugar 3 cups scalded milk

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