Take one quart of good sponge and add to it one egg, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter and a little grated nutmeg Thicken with flour as for bread. Knead well and let it get light before moulding; make out in small biscuit, crowding them in the pans so they will not spread. When well raised
bake rather slowly.
Two cups of soaked bread crusts, one cup of sweet milk, one tablespoon of lard, (after melted), one teaspoon (small) of soda; thin if necessary. Stir till smooth.
One pint of sweet milk, one cup of sugar one-half cup of yeast, one teaspoonful of salt; stir in Graham flour and set to raise over night, then add more flour uncil you can mould into biscuit, raise and bake.
One pint of squash, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of yeast, one teaspoonful of soda, little salt; make stiff enough for bread biscuit.
Two eggs, well beaten, two cups of flour, one cup of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one-half tablespoonful of sugar.
One pint of new milk, one gill of yeast; make into a sponge at night. In the morning add two-thirds of a cup of butter (melted), one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water, two eggs, one and one-half cups of sugar. Set to rise, and when light stir down ; let rise again, and then add flour to make into a loaf; let it rise once more and make into rusks. This receipt makes forty rusks.
Piece of butter size of a walnut, one cup of molasses; melt butter with molasses; one egg, one cup of flour, one and one-half cups of cornmeal, one and one-half cups of sweet milk, one teaspoon of soda.
One egg, one cup of milk, one cup of flour, salt, one teaspoon of baking powder. Have the muffin-pans very hot and bake quickly. A nice breakfast dish.
Take one-half cake of compressed yeast, three pints of flour, one and a half cups of sweet milk, one cup of butter (melted), one tablespoon of lard, a little salt, three eggs, beaten separately. Mix as for cake, let it rise, then put it in deep jelly pans and let it rise again; bake in a moderately hot oven. When done, split open and butter each piece, laying one piece upon the other. Serve while hot.