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1906

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Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Oat Meal Scones. — One cup cold cooked oatmeal, one and one- half cups flour, one egg, one tablespoon butter, two teaspoons baking powder, milk if required, half teaspoon salt. Sift to- gether flour, salt and baking powder ; rub in the butter and add oatmeal. Blend this with the flour and mix to a dough with the egg, adding milk if required. Roll three-quarters inch thick, cut into triangular cakes and bake, either in the oven or on a hot griddle. Royal Baking Powder.— One pound cream tartar, half pound soda, one big cup flour; mix and sift seven times. Use a little less of this than the bought baking powder. Superior Rice Waffles. — One quart dainty flour, three eggs, one cup boiled rice beaten into the flour, one light teaspoon soda. Make into a batter with buttermilk. Bake quickly in waffle irons. Batter made as above and baked on a griddle makes excellent breakfast cakes. Waffles. — Two eggs, two cups buttermilk, half teaspoon soda, salt; stir in flour to make a thick batter and pour in lump of melted butter size of egg. — Mrs. E. J. Taylor. Waffles. — To one pint buttermilk add two eggs, one pint dainty flour, one tablespoon of lard, one teaspoon salt, one tea- spoon soda. Dissolve in milk. Waffles. — Two eggs beaten separately, two teacups butter- milk, half teacup sweet milk, two tablespoons lard, one level teaspoon soda, one level teaspoon salt, one pint Dainty flour; add beaten whites last and fry in quite hot waffle irons. — Ten- nessee Cook Book. Waffles. — One pint dainty flour, two eggs, -one cup sweet milk, one tablespoon baking powder, a pinch of salt, one table- melted lard. Beat eggs well; add milk, then flour, baking 126 HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. powder, salt and lard last. Fry in well greased hot irons; butter and serve hot. Waffles. — One quart Dainty flour, quarter pound butter, two well beaten eggs, sweet milk to make moderately thin ; add one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder. Batter Cakes of Flour. — Two eggs beaten separately, two cups sweet milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, half teaspoon salt; beat all smoothly together and bake on a hot griddle. Sour milk and soda can be substituted for sweet milk and baking powder. — Mrs Reese Lillard. Cheap Recipe for Batter Cakes. — One pint sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon Dainty flour, enough meal to make a good batter. Bake on a hoe. Batter Cakes. — Beat two eggs, add half pint sweet milk, one tablespoon melted butter, one and one-half cups sifted flour, one teaspoon baking powder; beat thoroughly and bake on griddle at once. — Mrs Rorer. Batter Bread. — Beat very light one or two eggs, pour into them one and one-half pints fresh milk; add slowly one pint meal, beating all the time ; add half teaspoon salt and one tea- spoon of melted lard or melted butter size of an egg. Pour at once into a well greased warm earthen pan ; bake thirty minutes and serve hot. Griddle Cakes. — Two cups Dainty flour, one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder, two tablespoons melted butter, two eggs, one and one-half cups milk. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder; add the liquid ingredients to make a batter. Beat well and bake on a hot greased griddle. Crumb Griddle Cakes