Milk Toast

Ingredients

• 2 cups scalded milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 8 slices toast
• 2 tablespoons flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix butter and flour, and stir in the hot milk, adding some of the milk to the bowl with the butter and flour before trying to add it to the hot milk.

2. 2

   Cook in double boiler fifteen minutes.

3. 3

   Dip the slices of toast into the sauce, and place on serving-dish, and pour remainder of sauce over and serve quickly.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Scientific cooking with scientific methods (1911) by Sarah E. Woodworth Craig, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Milk Toast. 2 cups scalded milk. % teaspoon salt. 1 tablespoon butter. 8 slices toast. 2 tablespoons flour. Mix butter and flour, and stir in the hot milk, add- ing some of the milk to the bowl wdth the butter and flour before trying to add it to the hot milk. Cook in double boiler fifteen minutes. Dip the slices of toast into the sauce, and place on serving-dish, and pour re- mainder of sauce over and serve quickly. Brown Bread Toast. Brown bread toast is made in the same way, using slices of brown bread instead of white bread. Cream Toast. Proceed same as for milk toast, using cream instead of milk, and use no butter. The thin cream is the best for making toast. BREAD AND BREAD-MAKING. 23 Toast for Garnishing. Cut your pieces of bread in any shape desired and dip in melted butter, and toast. Rounds with the cen- ters removed, buttered and toasted, or fried in deep fat, are called croustards. Half-inch squares browned or fried are called croutons, and are used for cream soups, top of spinach, etc. Quick hot bread used for breakfast, luncheon, etc., is made with baking"-powder for the ferment, and made into batter that will pour or drop, and soft doughs, easily moulded and shaped with the hand or small cutters. Baking=powder Biscuit. 2 tablespoons lard or butter. 2 cups flour. 4 level teaspoons baking-powder. 1 cup milk or enough to 1 teaspoon salt.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.