This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
4 cups flour.
4 cups warm water. 1/2 cup yeast.
1 tablespoon syrup. Lard size of an egg.
2 eggs. Little salt.
Mix the, flour into a batter with the yeast and water either over night, if it is for breakfast, or 6 hours before supper. An hour before it is time to bake add the other ingredients - the lard melted and beat well. Bake when light again.
Cost of material - flour 3, yeast and syrup 1, lard 2, eggs 4; 10 cents for 2 quarts or 30 cakes - 1 cent each person. add for syrup and butter
 
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