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Wheat Meal Cakes

From Tried favourites cookery book, 1909

Serves 12

Useful in anaemia, phthisis, and wasting diseases of children.

Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 175. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wheat Meal Cakes (entire). (Useful in anaemia, phthisis, and wasting diseases of children.) Add J lb. of fine flour or medium Scotch oatmeal, and sufficient salt and baking powdei’, to 2 lb. of coarsely-crushed whole wheat meal. Mix well ; add 2 oz. of butter, rub it in well, and make the whole into a dough with half skim milk and half water

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