One cup flour, one cup rye meal, one cup corn meal
one-half cup molasses, one and a half cups of sour milk
one egg, little salt, one teaspoon soda✪ Steamed Bread. Steam for thre(
hours ; then set the pan in the oven for ten or twenty
minutes before sending it to the table.
STEAMED COEN BEEAD.
Mrs. Jane Conger.
Take three cups of meal, and one of flour, scald two
cups of the meal with boiling water, add the other
cup of meal and flour, two cups of sour milk, one cup
molasses, one teaspoon of soda, a little salt✪ Steamed Corn Bread. Steam three
hours.
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THE HOME COOK EOOK.
OLD FASHIONED GKAHAM BEEAD.
Mrs. Pulsifer.
One teacup of good yeast, one quart of warm water,
one teaspoon of salt, two cups sugar, or less, one small
teaspoon soda, stir in enough white winter wheat Graham
flour✪ Old Fashioned Graham Bread to make it stiff enough to drop off the spoon readily,
grease your bread pans, put in, and set to rise, let it get
quite light, then bake in a moderate oven for three-
quarters of an hour.
BEOWN BEEAD.
Mrs. Wm. Blair.
Take part of the sponge that has been prepared for
your white bread, warm water can be added, mix it with
Graham flour (not too stiff) ; and one cup of molasses✪ Brown Bread for
three loaves of bread.
For Brqvvn Biscuit. — Take this Graham dough, as
prepared for bread, working in a little butter. Butter the
size of an egg is sufficient for two dozen biscuits.
COEN BEEAD.
Mrs. Juliet L. Strayer, a Southern Lady.
One-half pint of buttermilk, one-half pint of sweet
milk; sweeten the sour milk with one-half teaspoon of
soda; beat two eggs, whites and yolks together; pour the
milk into the eggs, then thicken with about nine table-
spoons of sifted corn meal. Put the pan on the stove
with a piece of lard the size of an egg✪ Corn Bread; when melted pour
it in the batter; this lard by stirriag it will grease the pan
to bake in ; add a teaspoon of salt.
VALIJABLE RECIPES.
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COEN BEEAD.
Mrs. J. S, Gano, and Mrs. O. F. Avery.
One pint Indian meal, one pint sour milk or buttermilk,
two eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, whites put
in last thing; two tablespoons sugar; one tablespoon
melted butter, a little salt, half a teaspoon saleratus✪ Corn Bread.
COEK BEEAD.
Mrs. Wm. H. Low.
Two tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon butter, two
eggs ; stir all together, add one cup of sweet milk, three
teaspoons of baking powder, and three-fourths of a cup
corn meal ; flour to make it quite stiff.
INDIAN BEEAD.
Mrs. G. H. L.
Five cups Indian meal, yellow, five cups sour milk,
three cups rye flour, one-half cup molasses, one tablespoon
saleratus✪ Indian Bread.
INDIAN BEEAD.
Mrs. A. T. Hall.
One pint of meal, one pint of flour, one pint of milk,
one teacup of molasses, one teaspoon of soda, one-half of
cream tartar ; steam two hours and bake half an hour,
GEAHAM BEEAD.
Mrs. B. J. Seward.
One pint sweet milk, one-half cup molasses, one tea-
spoon saleratus, one teaspoon salt. Mix thin enough to
pour.
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THE HOME COOK BOOK.
GEAHAM BREAD.
Mrs. J. B. Hobbs.
For one loaf, take two cups of white bread sponge, to
which add two tablespoons of brown sugar, and Graham
flour to make a stiff batter✪ Graham Bread; let it rise, after which add
Graham flour sufficient to knead, but not very stiff; then
put in the pan to rise and bake.
GEAHAM BEEAD.
Mrs. Ludlam, Evanston.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
One cup flour, one cup rye meal, one cup corn meal one-half cup molasses, one and a half cups of sour milk one egg, little salt, one teaspoon soda. Steam for three hours ; then set the pan in the oven for ten or twenty minutes before sending it to the table.
STEAMED CORN BREAD.
Mrs. Jane Conger. Take three cups of meal, and one of flour, scald two cups of the meal with boiling water, add the other cup of meal and flour, two cups of sour milk, one cup molasses, one teaspoon of soda, a little salt. Steam three hours.
OLD FASHIONED GRAHAM BREAD.
Mrs. Pulsifer.
One teacup of good yeast, one quart of warm water, one teaspoon of salt, two cups sugar, or less, one small teaspoon soda, stir in enough white winter wheat Graham flour to make it stiff enough to drop off the spoon readily, grease your bread pans, put in, and set to rise, let it get quite light, then bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour.
Mrs. Wm. Blair.
Take part of the sponge that has been prepared for your white bread, warm water can be added, mix it with Graham flour (not too stiff) ; and one cup of molasses for three loaves of bread.
For Brown Biscuit. — Take this Graham dough, as prepared for bread, working in a little butter. Butter the size of an egg is sufficient for two dozen biscuits.
CORN BREAD.
Mrs. Juliet L. Strayer, a Southern Lady. One-half pint of buttermilk, one-half pint of sweet milk; sweeten the sour milk with one-half teaspoon of soda; beat two eggs, whites and yolks together; pour the milk into the eggs, then thicken with about nine tablespoons of sifted corn meal. Put the pan on the stove with a piece of lard the size of an egg; when melted pour it in the batter; this lard by stirring it will grease the pan to bake in ; add a teaspoon of salt.
CORN BREAD.
Mrs. J. S. Gano, and Mrs. O. F. Avery. One pint Indian meal, one pint sour milk or buttermilk, two eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, whites put in last thing; two tablespoons sugar; one tablespoon melted butter, a little salt, half a teaspoon saleratus.
CORN BREAD.
Mrs. Wm. H. Low.
Two tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon butter, two eggs ; stir all together, add one cup of sweet milk, three teaspoons of baking powder, and three-fourths of a cup corn meal ; flour to make it quite stiff.
INDIAN BEEAD.
Mrs. G. H. L.
Five cups Indian meal, yellow, five cups sour milk, three cups rye flour, one-half cup molasses, one tablespoon saleratus.
INDIAN BEEAD.
Mrs. A. T. Hall.
One pint of meal, one pint of flour, one pint of milk, one teacup of molasses, one teaspoon of soda, one-half of cream tartar ; steam two hours and bake half an hour,
GRAHAM BREAD.
Mrs. B. J. Seward. One pint sweet milk, one-half cup molasses, one teaspoon saleratus, one teaspoon salt. Mix thin enough to pour.
GRAHAM BREAD.
Mrs. J. B. Hobbs.
For one loaf, take two cups of white bread sponge, to which add two tablespoons of brown sugar, and Graham flour to make a stiff batter; let it rise, after which add Graham flour sufficient to knead, but not very stiff; then put in the pan to rise and bake.
GEAHAM BEEAD.
Mrs. Ludlam, Evanston.
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