Mrs. F.'s Salt-Rising Bread

Ingredients

• one cup of boiled water
• one-fourth teaspoonful salt
• one teaspoonful sugar
• flour sufficient to make a stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Sterilize a pitcher and spoon, add boiled water, salt, and sugar, then stir in flour to make a stiff batter.

2. 2

   Cover and place in a warm water crock.

3. 3

   When light, mix with white flour to make a dough, form into loaves, let rise, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Every-day dishes and every-day work (1897) by E. E. Kellogg, page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mrs. F.'s Salt-Rising Bread.— Early in the morning, sterilize a pitcher and spoon, put into it one cup of boiled water, and let it stand until cooled to 130^ P. Add one-fourth teaspoonful salt and one teaspoonful sugar, and stir in flour sufficient to make a stiff batter

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