Salt-Rising Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• Little boiling water
• 1 tablespoon corn meal
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• Flour to make dough

Method

1. 1

   Into the milk pour enough boiling water to bring it to blood heat (about 90° F.).

2. 2

   Do not have it too hot or the bread will not rise.

3. 3

   Add the other ingredients; beat to the consistency of pancake batter and set in a warm place to ferment.

4. 4

   If set in the early morning, it will rise at noon.

5. 5

   Mix the same as other bread; put in pans at once; let stand till light and bake slowly.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 96. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon salt 1/2 boUed potato 1 teaspoon sugar Milk or water (about 1 pint) Sift the dry ingredients thoroughly; rub in the boiled potato; add liquid to make a stiff batter or soft dough. Turn into a greased bread pan; smooth the top with a knife dipped in melted butter and bake in a moderate oven for about an hour. When done moisten the crust slightly with cold water and wrap in a clean cloth until cold. SALT-RISING BREAD 1 cup milk V4 teaspoon sugar Little boiling water 1 tablespoon com meal Vi teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons flour Flour to make dough

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