Southern Buttermilk Bread

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. cornmeal
• 2 lbs. wheat flour
• 6 oz. lard
• 1 oz. salt
• 2 ozs. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 oz. soda
• 1 quart of buttermilk

Method

1. 1

   Scald half of the meal with one pint of water, add sugar and lard.

2. 2

   Sift the soda into the wheat flour.

3. 3

   Mix and cool down the meal with buttermilk, add eggs and the other flour, and make up like a tea biscuit dough.

4. 4

   Divide into loaves, set in pans and bake in a good heat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeats (1907) by Paul Richards, page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOUTHEEN BUTTEEMILK BEEAD. 2 lbs. cornmeal, 2 lbs. wheat flour, 6 oz. lard, % oz. salt, 2 ozs. sugar, 4 eggs, 1 oz. soda, 1 quart of buttermilk. Scald half of the meal with one pint of water, add sugar and lard, sift the soda in the wheat flour. Mix and cool down the meal with the buttermilk, add eggs and the other flour, and make up like a tea biscuit dough. Divide into loaves, set in pans and bake in a good heat. 1064.— SOUTHEEN EETJIT BEEAD. Take ten pounds of white bread sponge; add one quart of molasses, eight ounces of lard, one pound of currants, eight ounces of raisins, one ounce of allspice, and one ounce of salt. Work this into the sponge with more flour ;_ let rest and come up once. Scale in loaves, and bake in tins as usual. 1065.— NUT BEEAD. 3 lbs. whole wheat flour, 1 lb. patent flour, 1 lb. ground peanuts, % pt. molasses, 3 pts. milk, 1 oz. cream of tartar, % oz. soda, % oz. salt. Sift soda and cream of tartar in the patent flour, and mix with the other flour and the ground nuts. Mix with the milk and molasses into a smooth dough, mold into loaves, and bake in long narrow pans in a good heat. Other nut meats may be used, and the graham and whole wheat breads may be made into nut breads in the same manner. 1066.— OATEN BEEAD. 2 lbs. oatmeal, 2 lbs. graham flour, 2 lbs. wheat flour, 1 oz. yeast, 1 quart water, 1 quart mUk, 1 cup molasses, 4 ozs. lard, 1 oz. salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.