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Corn Bread

From The bride's cook book, 1915

Serves 2

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ Cups Barley Flour
  • 1 Cup Corn Meal
  • 1 Yeast Cake
  • ½ Cup Boiling Water
  • 1 Egg
  • 2 Tablespoons Syrup
  • 2 Teaspoons Salt

Method

  1. Pour the boiling water over the corn meal and allow to cool.

  2. Add yeast cake, broken and dissolved, in a few tablespoons of lukewarm water.

  3. Then add the egg slightly beaten, the syrup and the salt.

  4. Beat well.

  5. Put in a greased bread pan, and when double its bulk bake in a moderate oven — 15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

756Calories
23 gProtein
150 gCarbs
7 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bride's cook book (1915) by Edgar William Briggs, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CORN BREAD V/2 Cups Barley Flour 1 Cup Corn Meal 1 Yeast Cake Ys Cup Boiling Water 1 Egg 2 Tablespoons Syrup 2 Teaspoons Salt Directions: Pour the boiling water over the corn meal and allow to cool. Add yeast cake, broken and dissolved, in a few tablespoons of lukewarm water. Then add the egg slightly beaten, the syrup and the salt. Beat well. Put in a greased bread pan, and when double its bulk bake in a moderate oven — ^^15 min- utes. OAT BREAD 1 Cup Rolled Oats 2 Cups Barley Flour

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