Steamed Corn Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• 3 cups of Indian meal
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 cups of sweet milk
• 1 of sour
• 2/3 cup of molasses
• 1 teaspoon of soda
• 1 tablespoon of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour, Indian meal, and salt.

2. 2

   Combine milks and molasses, dissolve soda in water, and add to the liquid.

3. 3

   Combine with dry ingredients, beat, and steam for 3 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon of soda, salt and cornmeal enough to make a moderately stiff batter, and stir well. Put into a well-buttered tin pudding form or bucket with a close-fitting lid. Let stand until light, place the ITucket in a pot of boiling water, steam it 1^4 or 2 hrs. — Mrs. C J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. STEAMED CORN BREAD.— Mix 1 cup of flour with 3 cups of Indian meal, also add 1 teaspoon of salt. Then mix together 2 cups of sweet milk and 1 of sour, and 2/3 cup of molasses. Dis- solve a teaspoon of soda in 1 tablespoon of cold water

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