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Harper's cook book encyclopædia

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Wheat Bread. — One table-spoonful of butter or lard, one table-spoonful of sugar, one table-spoonful of salt, one pint of milk or water (lukewarm), two quarts of flour, half a yeast cakeWheat Bread or half a cup of yeast. Into the bread-pan put the salt, butter, and sugar ; sift over it one quart of the flour. Make a hole in the centre of these ingredients, and pour into it, stirring slowly, the pint of lukewarm Biscuits, Buttermilk BREAD, ETC Biscuits, Graham water or milk in which the yeast has been thoroughly dissolved, or to which the liquid yeast has been added. Stir vigorously till a smooth batter is formed, then cover and set away overnight in a room whose tem- perature is about sixty degrees. As soon as possible in the morning, stir into this spongy mass the remainder of the flour, reserving two table- spoonfuls of it for sprinkling the hands and bread-board during the kneading operation. Then press and work the dough thoroughly for twenty minutes ; by this time no part of it will stick to the hands or board. Cover and place in a warm corner, out of the way of draughts, for five hours ; then turn again on to the kneading- board, knead for ten minutes, form into loaves, and place in well-buttered tins. Let these rise for an hour longer, then bake fifty minutes in a good oven. The housekeeper for two can vary this programme towards the end by dividing the dough into three parts, making two of them into loaves, and the third into a half- dozen biscuits or rolls. For the biscuits, take bits of the dough about as large as English walnuts, and roll them into balls ; place in the pan so that they touch one another. Or de- lightfully crusty ones are obtained by baking them in little pa^-pans. For the rolls, take twice the quantity for biscuits, and roll each bit till it is three inches long and one inch wide. The biscuits or rolls will only require twen- ty or twenty-five minutes for baking. Bread and Butter Pudding. See Puddings. Pudding. and Fruit Fritters. See Fritters, fried for Soups. See Crofitons. Griddle Cakes. See Bread. Jelly. See Jellies. Omelet See Omelet. Sauce. See Sauces. Sippets. See Sippets. Soup, Crofttes au pot. See Soups. BREAKFAST CAKES BISCUITS, BUNS, CAKES, CRISPS, DODGERS, DROPS, GEMS, GRID- DLE-CAKES, MUFFINS, PANCAKES, PUFFS, ROLLS, RUSK, SCONES, TOAST, WAFFLES, ETC. Biscuits, Buttermilk. — To three cup- fuls of buttermilk add one of butter, one teaspoonful of baking - powder, sufficient salt, and flour enough to ma the dough just stiff enough to admit of being rolled out into bis- cuits. Biscuits, Chaney’s Thin. — Take one pint of flour and make into dough, as soft as can be rolled, with sweet milk, a salt-spoonful of salt, 2 ozs. of butter, and 2 ozs. of lard. Roll out into round cakes nine inches in diameter, and of waferlike thinness. In bak- ing, do not allow them to brown, but remove from the oven while they re- tain their whiteness. Biscuits, Fairy. — Rub 2 ozs. of butter with x/z lb. of flour, add 4 ozs. of sugar and a few drops of almond flavoring, mix with the white of an egg and a table - spoonful of milk ; work well into the paste 2 ozs. of sweet almonds, well pounded ; rub through a wire sieve. Take up pieces the size of a sixpence ; bake a few minutes on buttered paper, tak- ing care to keep them quite a pale color.