Bran Gems

1 cup white flour

2 cups bran flour i cup of sour milk or buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda

3 tablespoons molasses pinch of salt butter size of walnut (melt)

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

Method :

Bake twenty minutes in a slow oven. Makes fifteen gems.

Lelia Harwood Smith, Xi.

Bran Biscuits

1/2 cup bran

1 1/2 cups flour

5 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup water

2 tablespoons shortening

Method :

Mix thoroughly bran, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar; add sufficient water to make soft dough; add melted shortening. Roll out lightly to about one-fourth inch thickness on floured board; cut with biscuit cutter. Bake in a hot oven twelve to fifteen minutes. Makes about twelve biscuits.

Florence Nelson, Xi.

Breads And Hot Breads Corn Meal Gems

1 cup corn meal

1 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

(sift with flour) 1 egg

1/2 cup sugar butter size of a nut - melted

1 cup milk salt makes 12 gems

Elizabeth Sheldon Claypool, Xi. Date Bread

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 cups sour milk 1 1/2 cups graham flout 1 1/2 cups white flour

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon baking powder butter size of walnut, melted

1/2 cup nuts

1 cup chopped dates

Method :

Mix thoroughly and bake.

Odetta Rideout Bennett, 0micron.

Soda Scones

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method :

Mix ingredients to the same consistency as for baking powder biscuits. Roll and cut into desired shapes. Bake on a griddle.

Gertrude Tait, Xi.

Salad Rolls

2 cups flour

3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup milk 1 egg

Method :

Mix in order given and cut in oblongs. Beat egg in a cup and spread over rolls. Then sprinkle sugar on top and bake until brown.

Philadelphia AlumnaE.

Baking Powder Cinnamon Rolls

2 cups sifted bread flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons shortening - work in thoroughly

3/4 cups milk - enough to make a soft dough.

2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt

Method :

Turn on well floured board, roll oblongly, to one-fourth inch thickness twice as long as wide. Spread with two tablespoons softened butter. Sprinkle with mixture cinnamon and sugar (one-third cup sugar and one-fourth teaspoon cinnamon).

Bobby Shurtleff Cole, Nu.

Waffles

1 pint flour

1 pint sour milk

3 to 4 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 teaspoon soda

2 tablespoons hot water

Method :

Beat yolk of egg, stir in sugar and salt, add flour alternately, add butter, soda in hot water, and fold in beaten egg white. Syrup: Brown one-fourth cup sugar, add two cups sugar and cup of hot water.

Ruth Underbill, Omicron Alpha.