Johnny Cake
From Delicate dishes, 1896
Mrs. F. B. Hooker.
Presented as published in 1896. 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 Delicate dishes (1896), page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
d teaspoonfuls Cameo baking powder, i teaspoonful of salt, I teaspoonful sugar; rub into this i tablespoonful each of lard and butter and add sweet milk enough to form llALEUTINrr VflLENTIN& & COMPflNy^ YMr n ISHLO Coach and Car Varnisbes and Colors 44 BREAKFAST. a dough just stiff enough to roll out; roll rather less than half an inch thick and bake in light layer cake pans; have ready 2 teacups of finely chopped meat and ;^ teacup chopped or mashed cold potato; heat this on a skillet, with a large tablespoonful of butter, a half teacup water, a cup milk, a quarter teaspeonful salt, a good pinch of pepper; thicken this with a teaspoonful each of flour and butter rubbed together; split the cakes, butter them and spread the creamed meat between; there will be three thin layers, and if liked one can be reserved to have a layer of berries,, peaches, prunes or other fruit between and sprinkled with sugar while hot. D. FRIED CORNMEAL MUFFINS. Mix I pint sifted Indian meal with i teaspoonful salt and I tablespoonful sugar; pour gradually on this i pint boiling water; cover after beating well and set away until morning; add 2 well beaten eggs; beat thoroughly; dip a tablespoon in cold milk and with the wet spoon dip up the batter by the tablespoonful and fry in boiling lard; turn each one while cooking. Selected. GRAHAM GEMS. One and one-half cups graham flour, i cup wheat flour, I tablespoonful butter, i teaspoonful sugar, 2 "Use Imperial French Poultry Seasoning." BREAKFAST. 45 large teaspoonfuls Cameo baking powder, 2 eggs, i tea- spoonful salt, 2 cups milk. Bake twelve minutes. Mrs. William L. Shide. DIXIE BISCUIT. Three pints flour, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls lard, i cup milk, yeast. Mix at 11 o'clock a. m. Roll out at 4 o'clock and cut with 2 sizes of cutters, putting the smaller one on top; let it rise until time to get dinner and bake 20 minutes. Mrs. Ben Williams. JOHNNY CAKE. One cup corn meal, i of flour, i of sweet milk, ^ of butter, ^ of sugar, 2 eggs, a little salt
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