Mollete

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cold winter squash
• 1/2 cup corn meal
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Beat the squash with the milk and egg; add the other ingredients; mix all together into a smooth batter and bake in small cakes on a hot griddle.

2. 2

   In Mexico these are served hot, with a little sugar sprinkled on each.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 110. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

14 cup corn meal 1 cup flour 3/4 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons baking powder Milk (about Vi cup) 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons molasses Add meal to boiling water and boil five minutes; when luke- warm stir in the milk; add dry ingredients, sifted, the beaten egg and molasses. Bake on a hot griddle and serve with butter and maple sugar. CRUMB GRIDDLE CAKES Y4 cup bread crumbs 1 egg 1 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt V2 tablespoon butter i/^ cup floiu' 1 teaspoon baking powder Cook the crumbs, milk and butter for fifteen minutes; rub through a sieve; cool and add the yolk of the egg and the dry ingredients sifted. Fold in the white and bake on e hot griddle. 282 Family of°Four BREAD, HOT-CAKES, ETC. MOLLETE 1/2 cup cold winter squash V2 cup com meal 1/2 cup milk yi cup flour 1 egg V4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat the squash with the milk and egg; add the other ingredi- ents; mix all together into a smooth batter and bake in small cakes on a hot griddle. In Mexico these are served hot, with a little sugar sprinkled on each. DROP DUMPLINGS 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Vz teaspoon salt 1 scant cup milk Mix the flour, salt and baking powder; stir in the milk and drop the batter by spoonfuls into the boiling stew. Cover and cook for ten minutes. If preferred, they may be dropped on a buttered plate and cooked in a steamer over boiling water. In either case they should be served immediately. ROLLED DUMPLINGS y-2, cup suet 1/2 teaspoon salt

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