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Mary Jane's cook book

1916

Page 13 · 10 recipe records on this page

Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Milk, 1 cup. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Sugar, y2 CUP- Indian meal, i/2 cup✪ Baked Bean Muffins. Mash baked beans to a paste, add well beaten egg, sugar, salt and milk. Mix and sift in flour and baking powder, lastly stir in Indian meal. Mix well and bake in quick oven. SWISS MUFFINS. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Sugar, 3 tablespoons. Eggs, 4. Salt, y2 teaspoon. Flour, iy2 pints. Milk, 1/2 pint✪ Swiss Muffins. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, one at a time, beating each as it is added. Sift dry ingredients and add with milk. Lastly fold in egg whites beaten till stiff and dry. Half fill greased muffin tins and bake in hot oven 12 minutes. Mme. X., Roxbury. BREAD AND MUFFINS. 31 POTATO GEMS. Cold mashed potato, 1 cup. Egg, 1. Milk, 1 cup. Cornmeal, 1 cup. Baking powder, iy2 teaspoons✪ Potato Gems. The mashed potato should be very smooth and without lumps. Add to it the milk, the egg, beaten, and the cornmeal and baking powder sifted together. Drop in hot greased gem pans. BRAN MUFFINS. Bran, 2 cups. Soda, 1 teaspoon. Wheat flour, 1 cup. Molasses, 6 tablespoons. Milk, 1 cup✪ Bran Muffins. Mix the bran and flour sifted with the soda. Add the milk to the molasses, stir well, then add the bran mixture. Beat well and bake in hot greased muffin tins. DATE GEMS. Flour, 2 cups. Butter, 1-3 cup. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Dates, 1 cup. Salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Egg, 1. Milk, 1 1-3 cups✪ Date Gems. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and rub into this the butter. Add the dates, chopped fine, the egg, well beaten, and the milk. Bake in hot greased gem pans for 15 minutes. QUICK COFFEE CAKE. Flour, 3 cups. Sugar, y2 cup. Salt, y2 teaspoon. Egg, 1. Baking powder, 3 teaspoons. Milk, 1% cups. Butter or lard, 2 tablespoons. Raisins or currants, % cup✪ Quick Coffee Cake. Mix and sift the flour, salt and baking powder, rub in the butter, add the sugar and mix to a light, soft dough with the well beaten egg and milk. Lastly add the raisins or currants well floured. Turn into a large shallow biscuit pan, sprinkle all over with sugar and cinnamon, and bake in a moderate oven for from 20 to 30 minutes. 32 BREAD AND MUFFINS. HONEY MUFFINS. Flour, 3 cups. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Salt, i/o teaspoon. Eggs, 3. Baking powder, 3 teaspoons. Milk, i/2 cup. Strained honey, 1 cup✪ Honey Muffins. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, rub in the but- ter, add the well beaten eggs, milk and honey. Beat until smooth and bake in hot, greased muffin tins. CHEESE MUFFINS. Flour, 2 cups. Melted butter, 14 cup. Baking powder, 2 rounding Egg, 1. teaspoons. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Grated cheese, 14 cup. Sugar, 14 cup. Milk, 1 cup✪ Cheese Muffins. Sift together dry ingredients, add butter, beaten egg, cheese and milk. Stir well and bake in well buttered muffin tins. SALLY LUNN. Sugar, 1 cup. Flour, 2 cups. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Egg, 1. Milk, 1 cup✪ Sally Lunn. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg, flour sifted with the baking powder, and milk. Cook in round shallow pan, sprinkle with powdered sugar when baked and serve hot for tea, cutting in sec- tions like a pie. HOT CROSS BUNS. Flour, 1 pound. Butter, 2 ounces. Sugar, 1 ounce. Milk, % pint. Currants. 2 ounces. Salt, a pinch. Baking powder, 2 dessertspoons. Meringue✪ Hot Cross Buns.