The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-03

Home Baking
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BROWN BREAD.

First of all. I save every little bit
of milk that is left, and, when my
sour milk pitcher is full, it is time 10
make brown bread. 1 beat one egg.
and add TO it one-half cup of cooking
molasses, two cups of sour milk, two
tablespoons Of brown sugar, one tea
spoon salt and graham -four enough
To make a rather stiff batter. With
this I mix one teaspoon of soda, or a
little more if the milk is very sour.
Two tablespoons of melted butter are
stirred in last.
GINGER BREAD.
one cup brown sugar. one-half cup
butter creamed with the sugar. one
half cup cooking molasses, one tea
spoon each cinnamon, cloves and gin
ger: two teaspoons soda in cup of
boiling water; two and one-half cups
flour and one we'll beaten egg stirred
in last.
SOUTHERN CORN BREAD.
Two coffee cups white cornmeal, two
eggs, two level teaspoons salt, one level
& teaspoon bakingN soda, one heaping ia
blespoon lard, about one pint clabbered
milk or butternilk; (sweet milk and
two teaspoons of baking powder may
be used instead of sour milk and So
da): melt the lard in dripping pan,
so that It will grease the pan thor
oughly Mix the cornmeal, salt, eggs
and milk all together, then pour in
the melted lard. There should be
enough milk to make a thick batter
that will pour easily. The batter
should be thin enough to allow the
grains of cornmeal TO swell while
cooking, so the bread will not be too
dry when cooked. Do not beat the
eggs before mixing.
DEVIL CAKE.
Well beaten yolk of two eggs, one
scant cup grated chocolate, oDe-half
c,1n milk. Cook until creamy. When
cold add one scant cup sugar, one-half
Gun milk. two tablespoons melted but
ter. one and two-thirds cups flour
sifted. one scant teaspoon soda, one
TEASPOON vanilla. Stir well. Will bake
three or four layers.
Filling-One and one-half cups white
sugar. one-half cup boiling water. Boil
few minutes until it hairs. Test by
draining from a fork. Pour over stiff
Iv beaten whites of two eggs. and beat
until II thickens Let cakes and icing
both cool before putting together.
ROCKS.
One cup butter, one and one-haH
cups brown sugar, two heaping cups
sifted -four. three whole eggs, or yolks
of seven eggs, two cups seeded rais1ns
choppet., one and one-half cups Eng
lfsh walnuts coarsely chopped separate
Sfron raisins. one teaspoonful soda dis
SOLVED in very little hot water. one
half4easpoonful nutmeg, one teaspoon
ful cinnamon, one-quarter teaspoonful
cloves. Mix the nuts and raisins with
another cup of sifted -four. Drop with
teaspoon in creased pan. Bake in
moderate oven.
SOUR MILK GINGER BREAD.
One-half cup butter, one and one
half teaspoonful cinnamon, one tea
spoonful ginger, three-quarters tea
spoonful cloves, a little nutmeg, one
Gun sugar, two eggs, one. cup sour
milk. three cups -four, one cup mo-
lasses with two teaspoonfuls (even)
soda.
BROWN BREAD.
one pint cornmeaL one pint sour
milk. one-half pint flour, one-haf pint
molasses. one teaspoonful soda, one Ia
blespoonful salt TO taste The mixture
win seem very thin. but do not add any
more meal or flour. Boil it in a large
tin three hours, or in small ones, one
Homo