Graham Fruit Bread
From Mary Jane's cook book, 1916
Serves 3
Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Graham flour, 2 cups. Sour milk, % cup. Dates, 1 pound. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Walnuts, 14 pound. Cream butter and sugar, dissolve soda in a little warm water, add to milk, then add milk to butter and sugar, stir in flour and lastly dates pitted and chopped and walnuts chopped. Bake in a slow oven l^ hours. Let stand 24 hours before cutting. New York Girl. CUSTARD CORN CAKE. Corn meal, y2 cup. Eggs, 2. Flour, y2 cup. Sour milk, 1 cup. Sugar, 1/2 cup. Soda, 1 rounding teaspoon. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Sweet milk, 1 cup. Mix and sift dry ingredients, add well beaten eggs and sour milk in which soda has been dissolved. Put butter in pan in which cake is to be baked and let it melt in the oven. Pour in cake batter and lastly pour into the centre of the cake the sweet milk, without mixing in either butter or milk. Bake at once. Egleston Square. EGG ROLLS. Shortening, 2 tablespoons. Milk, 2 cups. Salt, y2 teaspoon. Egg, 1. Sugar, 2 teaspoons. Yeast cake, 1. Flour, 5 cups. Pour the hot milk over shortening, salt and sugar. Cool, add beaten egg, yeast cake and flour. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 3y2 hours, then roll out gently on molding board. Cut with cutter and form into oblongs. Rub melted butter on half of each and fold over other half. Let rise again for about 2 hours. Bake 40 minutes. Makes 2 dozen large rolls. Mother, South Weymouth. BREAD AND MUFFINS. 25 GRAHAM FRUIT BREAD. <ira ha m Hour, 2 cups. Water, 4 tablespoons. White flour, 1 cup. Sour milk, 1 cup. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Chopped nut meats, l/2 cup. Sugar, 2 tablespoons. Sultana raisins, 1/2 cup. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Chopped dates, y2 cup
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