This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
1 1/3 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
34 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 egg
1 teaspoon melted butter
Beat egg until light; add milk, dry ingredients mixed and sifted, and melted butter. Drop by spoonfuls in hot, new, deep fat; fry until light brown and cooked through, which must at first be determined by piercing with a skewer, or breaking apart. Remove with a skimmer, and drain on brown paper.
2/3 cup rye meal
2/3 cup flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons molasses
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk gradually, molasses, and egg well beaten. Cook same as Fried Drop Cakes.
 
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