Salt Rising Bread

Ingredients

• one teacupful of fresh sweet milk
• two teacupfuls of boiling water
• one tablespoonful of sugar
• one teaspoonful of salt
• three teacupfuls of flour

Method

1. 1

   Combine ingredients in a pitcher, set in warm water, and keep at a uniform temperature.

2. 2

   Let it stand for three hours, then beat well.

3. 3

   After two hours, it should be light.

4. 4

   Add flour and knead into a moderately soft dough, then bake.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

hree teacupf uls of flour; put to rise in a vessel of hot water (more heat is required for this than for hop yeast). After it rises well into a foam, make into a moderately soft dough ; grease the loaves over and put to rise; when well risen, bake in a mod- erate oven. Breakfast Rolls One quart of flour, heaped up, one tablespoonf ul of powdered hop yeast, one tablespoonfiil of sugar, one tablespoonful of salt, one heaping teaspoonful of lard. Dissolve the yeast, salt and sugar in a teacupful of warm water, make a soft dough, using more warm water if necessary. Set in a warm place to rise; when well risen, knead thoroughly, using as little flour as possible, as the rolls rise better and are lighter. Make into rolls, set to rise and when light, bake. Salt Rising Bread Into a pitcher put one teacupful of fresh sweet milk, two teacupfuls of boiling water, one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt

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