BREAD, BISCUITS, ETC.
Corn bread (for 20 men).
Take 2½ pounds white flour, 2½ pounds corn meal, ¼ pound butter, ¼ pound lard, 2 ounces baking powder, 1 quart milk, 8 eggs (yolks and whites) beaten separately, 1 ounce salt, 2 ounces brown sugar. Mix allthoroly together. Grease a bake pan well and pour in the mixture and let bake about 45 minutes or till done. Test with a broom straw into center of cake. If it comes out clean and dry it is done; if wet or stuff sticks, not done.
Corn bread (for 15 men).
Take 2 heaping cups yellow corn meal, 1 cup flour, 3 eggs, 2½ cups sweet milk, 1 teaspoonful lard, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt. Beat eggs thoroly, whites and yolks separately. Sift baking powder with corn meal and flour. Melt lard, add the last. Beat fast and thoroly. Bake ½ hour in greased pan.
Bread dressing (for 20 men).
Take 5 pounds stale bread, put in cold water and let soak 15 minutes, then drain off the water. Have chopped fine 2 pounds raw onions; 1 ounce sage, ground; salt and pepper to taste; ½ pound lard, butter, suet, or bacon grease. Thoroly mix together and set in oven and let bake about 1 hour. When ready to dish up pour 2 quarts beef stock over the dressing and then serve.
French toast or fried bread (for 20 men).
Take 2 loaves old bread left, and cut in slices. Beat 3 eggs well together. Add ½ pint milk, and season with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Put on stove in frying pan with 2 ounces butter. Dip the slices of bread in the egg batter and put in pan and fry a nice brown. Serve hot.
Rye and graham bread.
Take ½ wheat flour, ½ graham (or rye) flour, add 1 quart molasses for 100 pounds dough. Use sponge and dough system. Make sponge of wheat flour.
English tea biscuit (for 80 men).
Take 16 pounds flour, 2 pounds lard, 2 quarts cold water, 3 pounds granulated sugar, 2 ounces caraway seed, 2 ounces ammonia, “for baker’s use,” 2 ounces baking powder. Cut with regular or fancy cutters. Bake in moderate oven. Ammonia “for baker’s use” can be had in any reliable drug store, 4 ounces for 10 cents.
Biscuits (for 20 men).
Take 4 pounds flour, 2 pounds lard, 2 ounces baking powder, 3 quarts water (cold), 1 ounce salt. Mix together like dough, making medium stiff dough. Grease pan before putting in biscuits. Roll dough ½ inch thick. Place in pan close together and bake for 15 minutes or till they are twice their original size.
Before baking biscuits punch them with a fork to have them hold their shape.
Buckwheat cakes (for 20 men).
Take 4 pounds self-raising buckwheat flour and mix with cold water till it will pour easily from spoon. Add 1 ounce salt. Have cake griddle well greased and hot. Bake for about 5 minutes. When done on one side turn over and send to table good and hot. Butter and sirup used to eat with cakes.
New England corn johnnycake (for 80 men).
Take 7 pounds corn meal, 7 pounds flour, 2 pounds granulated sugar, 1½ pounds lard, 4 ounces salt, 3 cans evaporated cream, 18 eggs, 12 ounces baking powder. Rub in lard with hand and make a fine batter with cold water. When well mixt pour into a well-greased pan. Bake at once in a moderate oven.
Note.—Eggs may be reduced if baking powder is increased.
White-bread batter cakes (for 80 men).
Take 8 pounds bread crumbs, 6 pounds flour, 8 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls baking powder, 1½ ounces salt, cold water or milk to mix it. Remove all dark crusts from the bread and soak in cold water until soft, press out dry, mash smooth, add flour, water (or milk), eggs, and powder. It always improves batter cakes to beat the eggs light before mixing them in. No shortening or sirup needed for above. Cost 60 cents.
Corn-meal muffins (for 90 men).
Take 4 pounds flour, 6 pounds corn meal, 3 pounds sugar, 1 dozen eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls baking powder, 2 ounces salt, and about 1 gallon water. Mix up to thin dough and bake.
Graham gems or muffins (for 20 men).
Take 2 pounds graham flour, 2 pounds wheat flour, ¼ pound melted butter, 1 ounce salt, 2 ounces baking powder, 6 eggs, 1 quart milk, and thoroly beat these ingredients. Have gem pans nicely greased. Pour in the batter and fill gem pans about half full. Put in a very hot oven and bake 20 minutes.
Hot muffins (for 20 men).
Take 3 pounds flour, 1 ounce baking powder, ½ ounce salt, 3 ounces lard or butter, 3 eggs, and enough water or milk to make a batter to drop from spoon. Grease the gem pans or muffin mugs and fill mugs half full of dough and bake.