Mash the potatoes, add the salt, knead as much
flour into them as they will take up, taking care not to
allow the flour to go into lumps. Add as much milk
as will form it into a stiff dough; roll out very thin
on floured board; cut into rounds with tumbler or tin
cutter, and prick with a fork. Bake in hot oven for
about five minutes, turning when half cooked. Serve
hot.
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IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
Plain Tea Cakes.
\ stone of flour.
1 pennyworth of German Yeast.
2 Eggs.
About 20ZS. Lard or Butter.
Mix the yeast with lukewarm water, and if not very
good, add a teaspoonful of sugar which makes it
rise. Let it stand a little time, then add the flour,
and set it to rise. After about two hours, knead
it and let it stand from two to three hours. Then
make it up into cakes and bake for 20 minutes.
When taken out of the oven, set the cakes upright,
as, if laid flat, they get “ sad ” at the bottom.
Miss H. Clements.
Sally Lunn.
ipt. of Flour.
1 Egg✪ Brown Bread.
1 teacupful of Milk.
A pinch of Salt.
2 tablespoonfuls of sifted Sugar.
Piece of Butter size of small egg.
3 teaspoon ful of Carbonate of Soda.
1 teaspoon ful of Cream of Tartar.
Put the soda and cream of tartar into the milk. Mix
ail the dry ingredients together, rubbing the butter
in thoroughly. Add the milk and egg and mix care-
fully. Bake in shallow tins in a moderate oven for
20 minutes.
A. King.
Scones (1).
ilb. Flour.
30ZS. Butter.
4 teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder.
A pinch of Salt and a little Milk✪ Scones (1).
Bake on a girdle.
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Miss H. Clements.
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL TO SOUTH LONDON.
Scones (2).
Jib. Flour.
Jib. Butter.
i teaspoon ful of Baking Powder✪ Scones (2).
Rub the butter iutQ the flour, add the baking pow-
der, and mix with some cream to a stiff paste; roll
out two or three times, cut into small squares and
just fold across lightly, to form a three-corner;
brush each over with egg, and bake from ten to
fifteen minutes, according to oven.
Mrs. Hawkeswortii.
Scones (3).
8 tablespoonfuls Flour.
J teaspoon ful Salt,
i teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda,
ij teaspoonfuls Cream of Tartar,
i breakfast-cup Buttermilk or sour Milk✪ Scones (3).
Mix the salt and cream of tartar thoroughly into the
flour. Dissolve the carbonate of soda in the butter-
milk and mix with flour, etc. Roll out to about
half an inch in thickness, and cut into small rounds.
Bake on a girdle or iron plate over a hot fire about
ten minutes.
Miss Meredith.
Small Tea Cakes.
ilb. of Flour.
Jib. of Butter.
Rub the butter into the flour, and when it is well
rubbed away, add one teaspoonful of baking powder
and a little salt. Put in as much milk as will make
it a nice light paste✪ Small Tea Cakes, stirring with a knife, and using
the hand as little as possible. Roll it out about Jin.
thick. Cut with a round cutter and bake a few
minutes in a quick oven.
Miss C. Clements.
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IN AID OF THE FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF
To Make Bread Easily.
2lbs. Flour.
■^oz. German Yeast.
1 teaspoonful of Salt.
1 teaspoonful of white Sugar.
ipt. warm Water.
2 tablespoonfuls of Milk✪ To Make Bread Easily.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mash the potatoes, add the salt, knead as much flour into them as they will take up, taking care not to allow the flour to go into lumps. Add as much milk as will form it into a stiff dough; roll out very thin on floured board; cut into rounds with tumbler or tin cutter, and prick with a fork. Bake in hot oven for about five minutes, turning when half cooked. Serve hot.
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Plain Tea Cakes.
\ stone of flour.
1 pennyworth of German Yeast.
2 Eggs.
About 20ZS. Lard or Butter.
Mix the yeast with lukewarm water, and if not very good, add a teaspoonful of sugar which makes it rise. Let it stand a little time, then add the flour, and set it to rise. After about two hours, knead it and let it stand from two to three hours. Then make it up into cakes and bake for 20 minutes. When taken out of the oven, set the cakes upright, as, if laid flat, they get “ sad ” at the bottom.
Miss H. Clements.
Sally Lunn.
1 pt. of Flour.
1 Egg.
1 teacupful of Milk.
A pinch of Salt.
2 tablespoonfuls of sifted Sugar.
Piece of Butter size of small egg.
3 teaspoonfuls of Carbonate of Soda.
1 teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar.
Put the soda and cream of tartar into the milk. Mix ail the dry ingredients together, rubbing the butter in thoroughly. Add the milk and egg and mix carefully. Bake in shallow tins in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.
A. King.
Scones (1).
1 lb. Flour.
3 ozs. Butter.
4 teaspoonfuls of Baking Powder. A pinch of Salt and a little Milk. Bake on a girdle.
Miss H. Clements.
Scones (2).
1 lb. Flour.
1 lb. Butter.
1 teaspoonful of Baking Powder.
Rub the butter into the flour, add the baking powder, and mix with some cream to a stiff paste; roll out two or three times, cut into small squares and just fold across lightly, to form a three-corner; brush each over with egg, and bake from ten to fifteen minutes, according to oven.
Mrs. Hawkesworth.
Scones (3).
8 tablespoonfuls Flour.
1 teaspoonful Salt, 1 teaspoonful Carbonate of Soda, 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls Cream of Tartar, i breakfast-cup Buttermilk or sour Milk.
Mix the salt and cream of tartar thoroughly into the flour. Dissolve the carbonate of soda in the buttermilk and mix with flour, etc. Roll out to about half an inch in thickness, and cut into small rounds. Bake on a girdle or iron plate over a hot fire about ten minutes.
Miss Meredith.
Small Tea Cakes.
1 lb. of Flour.
1 lb. of Butter.
Rub the butter into the flour, and when it is well rubbed away, add one teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt. Put in as much milk as will make it a nice light paste, stirring with a knife, and using the hand as little as possible. Roll it out about 1/4 in. thick. Cut with a round cutter and bake a few minutes in a quick oven.
Miss C. Clements.
To Make Bread Easily.
2lbs. Flour.
1/2 oz. German Yeast.
1 teaspoonful of Salt.
1 teaspoonful of white Sugar.
1 pt. warm Water.
2 tablespoonfuls of Milk.
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