Jeff. Davis Muffins
From Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes, 1922
Presented as published in 1922. 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 Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes (1922) by Emma McKinney, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
one-half cups of flour, One tablespoon of lard, One teaspoonful of salt. Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat eggs separately. To yolks, add salt, melted lard, milk, flour, and baking powder. Lastly, put in the well beaten whites and bake twenty or twenty-five minutes. 14 MILADY'S FAVOURITE RECIPE AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES 15 BALTIMORE EGG BREAD Two eggs, Three cups of meal, Four cups of sour milk. One tablespoonful of lard. One teaspoonsful of salt. One-fourth teaspoonful of soda, One and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat eggs well together, add milk, meal, salt, soda and baking powder and lastly the hot melted lard. Bake in mod- erate oven. One cup of fresh corn cooked until tender may be added to the batter. SOUTHERN PASTRY One cup of flour. One-fourth teaspoonful of salt. One-fourth cup of lard or butter. Mix flour and salt, work lard lightly into the flour and mix with iced water to make stiff dough. Do not knead dough at all, just mix lightly together. GRIDDLE CAKES One and one-half cups of stale bread crumbs, Two cups of milk. One tablespoonful of butter. One teaspoonful of salt. One-half cupful of flour. Scald milk and pour over bread crumbs. Beat two eggs well together, then add salt, milk and bread crumbs, flour and lastly the melted lard or butter. 16 MILADY'S FAVOURITE RECIPE AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES 17 SALLY LUNN One quart of flour, Four eggs, One tablespoonful of sugar, One cup of yeast, One cup of milk, One teaspoonful of salt, One-half cup of butter, One-half cup of lard. Beat the eggs separately. Then mix and add yeast and sugar. Sift salt into flour, melt butter and lard and add eggs, yeast and milk before putting in flour. Leave in bowl and set away to rise. When risen, beat hard and put into greased pan to rise again. For seven o'clock tea make it at twelve. JEFF. DAVIS MUFFINS Two eggs. One cup of sour milk. One cup of meal, Onie-half cup of flour, One teaspoonful of salt, Two teaspoonsfuls of baking powder. One tablespoonful of lard
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