Nut Bread Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1 cup scalded milk
• 1 yeast cake, dissolved in
• 4 cup lukewarm water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• Entire wheat flour
• 4 cup white flour
• 1 cup pecan nut meats, broken in pieces

Method

1. 1

   Put butter, salt, and molasses in a large bowl without a lip, and pour on the scalded milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake, white flour, two cups entire wheat flour and nuts.

2. 2

   Mix and turn on a floured board, knead, adding more flour until mixture is smooth and elastic.

3. 3

   Return to bowl, cover, let rise until more than double its bulk, turn on a floured board, knead, shape into a loaf, place in greased pan, cover, let rise again to double its bulk, and bake in a moderate oven for fifty to sixty minutes.

4. 4

   Cut nut bread twenty-four hours old in very thin slices, remove crusts, spread with butter, and cover with remaining pieces cut in halves crosswise.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

NUT BREAD SANDWICHES. 1 cup scalded milk 1 yeast cake, dissolved in 1 tablespoon butter 4 cup lukewarm water 1 teaspoon salt 4 cup white flour 2 tablespoons molasses Entire wheat flour 1 cup pecan nut meats, broken in pieces

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