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Salt-Raising Bread

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 8

This bread does not require prepared yeast.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

0Calories
0 gProtein
0 gCarbs
0 gFat
Full nutrition (33 nutrients)
Calories0 kcal
Protein0 g
Carbohydrates0 g
Fiber0 g
Sugars0 g
Total Fat0 g
Saturated Fat0 g
Monounsaturated Fat0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Sodium295 mg
Potassium1.2 mg
Calcium3.7 mg
Iron0 mg
Magnesium1.2 mg
Phosphorus0 mg
Zinc0 mg
Copper0 mg
Manganese0 mg
Vitamin D0 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg
Vitamin A0 mcg
Vitamin E0 mg
Vitamin K0 mcg
Vitamin B60 mg
Vitamin B120 mcg
Thiamin (B1)0 mg
Riboflavin (B2)0 mg
Niacin (B3)0 mg
Folate0 mcg
Choline0 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water118 g

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SALT-RAISING BREAD. While getting breakfast in the morning, as soon as the tea-kettle has boiled, take a quart tin cup or an earthen quart milk pitcher, scald it, then fill one-third full of water about as warm as the finger could be held in ; then to this add a teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of brown sugar and coarse flour enough to make a batter

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