Yeast Bread — Short Process
Scald I c milk, add i c boiling water, pour into a large
mixing bowl or bread riser, add 2 T lard, 2 t salt and i T
sugar. When lukewarm, add i cake of compressed yeast
which has been softened in ^ c lukewarm water, mix well
and sift in 6 c bread flour. Beat well with a spoon and
add sufficient flour to make a dough which can be handled.
Turn on to a floured board and knead thoroughly.
Let rise in the mixing bowl till double its bulk, knead,
form into loaves, place in greased baking pans, let rise till
double its bulk, and bake in a moderate oven about i h
or until the loaves shrink away from the pan.
For further directions see article on Bread Making, page
211.
Pound Cake
Cream ^ lb. of butter, add gradually J^ lb., that is, i c
of sugar and beat well ; add the yolks of 5 eggs beaten until
thick and lemon colored, whites of 5 eggs beaten until stiff
and dry, >4; lb. or 2 c of pastry flour, % t mace and 3^ T
vanilla✪ Pound Cake. Beat vigorously 5 m. Bake in a deep pan i h in a
slow oven ; or 30 to 35 m if baked as small fancy cakes.
Fig Turnovers
Mix and sift 3 c flour, ^ t salt and 4 t baking-powder.
FEBRUABY MENUS 205
Rub i^ T butter into the flour; then beat i egg, add to it
I c milk✪ Fig Turnovers, mix and add gradually to the flour. The dough
should be soft but not wet. Turn out quickly onto a floured
board, roll into a sheet 3^ inch thick and cut into rounds
with a biscuit cutter. Dip a knife handle into flour, press
down in the center of each biscuit, making a sort of hinge ;
have ready 8 or lo figs, chopped fine. Put i T of the fig
mixture on half of the roll, brush over lightly with white of
egg, fold over the other half, pressing the edges well
together. Bake in a quick oven 20 m. Serve warm with
cream or milk and sugar.
Jellied Veal
Cover a knuckle of veal broken into small pieces, with
boiling water and let simmer until tender, together with a
few slices of carrot, half an onion and a stalk of celery.
Drain, reserving the broth ; remove all meat from the bones,
return the particles of gristle, skin and bones to the broth,
put over the fire and simmer until reduced to i c. Strain,
set aside and cool. When the meat is nearly cold, cut in
tiny cubes or else chop fine, remove the fat from the broth,
reheat and stir the veal into it adding salt, pepper✪ Jellied Veal and any
other seasoning desired. Decorate a mould with slices of
hard cooked eggs, pour the veal mixture into this, cover
with buttered paper, press down with a weight and let stand
until cold and set. Serve sliced thin.
Method of VJork
Start the bread the first thing after breakfast. Then put
the veal on to cook and make the Pound Cake ; while baking,
make the Fig Turnovers for Luncheon. Knead the bread
and set it to rise. Then, if necessary, make a supply of
Salad Dressing, following directions given on page 29.
Knead the bread a second time, if desired, shaping loaves,
let rise and bake.
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER
Saturday Lesson 125
RICE CAKES MUTTON CHOPS
FIG TURNOVERS TEA
206 LESSONS IN COOKING
For Fig Turnovers see Saturday Morning Baking.
For Rice Cakes see Lesson 93, page 163.
Preparing the Meal
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Yeast Bread — Short Process
Scald I c milk, add i c boiling water, pour into a large
mixing bowl or bread riser, add 2 T lard, 2 t salt and i T
sugar. When lukewarm, add i cake of compressed yeast
which has been softened in ^ c lukewarm water, mix well
and sift in 6 c bread flour. Beat well with a spoon and
add sufficient flour to make a dough which can be handled.
Turn on to a floured board and knead thoroughly.
Let rise in the mixing bowl till double its bulk, knead,
form into loaves, place in greased baking pans, let rise till
double its bulk, and bake in a moderate oven about i h
or until the loaves shrink away from the pan.
For further directions see article on Bread Making, page
211.
Pound Cake
Cream ^ lb. of butter, add gradually J^ lb., that is, i c
of sugar and beat well ; add the yolks of 5 eggs beaten until
thick and lemon colored, whites of 5 eggs beaten until stiff
and dry, >4; lb. or 2 c of pastry flour, % t mace and 3^ T
vanilla. Beat vigorously 5 m. Bake in a deep pan i h in a
slow oven ; or 30 to 35 m if baked as small fancy cakes.
Fig Turnovers
Mix and sift 3 c flour, ^ t salt and 4 t baking-powder.
FEBRUABY MENUS 205
Rub i^ T butter into the flour; then beat i egg, add to it
I c milk, mix and add gradually to the flour. The dough
should be soft but not wet. Turn out quickly onto a floured
board, roll into a sheet 3^ inch thick and cut into rounds
with a biscuit cutter. Dip a knife handle into flour, press
down in the center of each biscuit, making a sort of hinge ;
have ready 8 or lo figs, chopped fine. Put i T of the fig
mixture on half of the roll, brush over lightly with white of
egg, fold over the other half, pressing the edges well
together. Bake in a quick oven 20 m. Serve warm with
cream or milk and sugar.
Jellied Veal
Cover a knuckle of veal broken into small pieces, with
boiling water and let simmer until tender, together with a
few slices of carrot, half an onion and a stalk of celery.
Drain, reserving the broth ; remove all meat from the bones,
return the particles of gristle, skin and bones to the broth,
put over the fire and simmer until reduced to i c. Strain,
set aside and cool. When the meat is nearly cold, cut in
tiny cubes or else chop fine, remove the fat from the broth,
reheat and stir the veal into it adding salt, pepper and any
other seasoning desired. Decorate a mould with slices of
hard cooked eggs, pour the veal mixture into this, cover
with buttered paper, press down with a weight and let stand
until cold and set. Serve sliced thin.
Method of VJork
Start the bread the first thing after breakfast. Then put
the veal on to cook and make the Pound Cake ; while baking,
make the Fig Turnovers for Luncheon. Knead the bread
and set it to rise. Then, if necessary, make a supply of
Salad Dressing, following directions given on page 29.
Knead the bread a second time, if desired, shaping loaves,
let rise and bake.
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER
Saturday Lesson 125
RICE CAKES MUTTON CHOPS
FIG TURNOVERS TEA
206 LESSONS IN COOKING
For Fig Turnovers see Saturday Morning Baking.
For Rice Cakes see Lesson 93, page 163.
Preparing the Meal