Biscuits, Muffins, Rolls, Gems, Etc.

"Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter."

- Goethe.

Bran Bread

1 cup white flour

1 cup wholewheat flour l 1/2 cups bran

1/2 cup molasses mix with 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoonful salt

1/4 cup shortening, melted 1 egg beaten light 1 1/2 cups milk

6 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1 large cup dates, with seeds removed

Mix all together, put in small bread pan and bake about 1 1/4 hours.

Mrs. B. A. Teagle,

Coachella, Cal.

Corn Bread

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup white flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 cup chopped dates

1/2 teaspoon salt Scant cup milk 2 eggs

1/4 cup melted butter or any kind of shortening

Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add milk slowly, egg well beaten, and butter. Lastly add dates, and bake in a greased shallow pan in a quick oven.

Date Bread

2 cups chopped dates 4 cups flour

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

One cup means 1/2 pint. Cup, tablespoon and teaspoon all mean level measurements.

2 cups milk 4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Sift dry ingredients, add egg well beaten, dates and milk. Mix well together, let stand twenty-five or thirty minutes and bake in a moderate oven for forty-five minutes.

Mrs. Pearl Hawkins,

Taft, Cal.

Date Bread (With Yeast)

1 cup warm left-over cereal 3 tablespoons brown sugar A little salt Flour

2 tablespoons shortening

1/4 cake yeast or a small amount liquid yeast 1/4 cup warm water

Mix cereal, sugar, salt and shortening, add yeast cake dissolved in the warm water, and flour to knead. Let rise over night. In the morning when kneading, work in 1/2 cup English walnut meats and 1/3 cup of dates both cut in small pieces. Shape in a loaf, let rise, and bake in a moderate oven. This bread is very good for sandwiches.

Steamed Brown Bread

2 cups yellow corn meal 1 cup rye or Graham flour 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful soda

1 cup very dark molasses l 1/2 pints warm water 1 cup raisins 1 cup dates, chopped

Put in a greased mould, and steam two or three hours, either on stove or in fireless cooker.

Mrs. A. O. Hayward,

Thermal, Cal.

Sweet Date Bread

1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar V2 cup molasses

1 cup sour milk or buttermilk

2 eggs

1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little of the milk 1 cup white flour 3 1/2 cups Graham flour 1 pound of dates, cut in thirds

Spices to taste. Bake in a loaf.

Mrs. C. E. Kettle, Coachella, Cal.

White Date Loaf

3 cups flour

3 cups chopped dates

1 cup chopped nuts

2 cups milk

1 teaspoonful salt

3 tablespoons baking powder

1 tablespoon shortening

Mix well, put in a bread pan and bake 1 hour.

Mrs. A. O. Hayward,

Thermal, Cal.

Biscuits

Put 2 cups flour in a pan, and work into it 1/4cup shortening, 1 teaspoonful salt, 5 teaspoonfuls baking powder, and 1/2 cup cut dates. Wet with 1 cup rich sweet milk, and if more flour is needed, add until just stiff enough to handle. Roll to the usual thickness, and bake in a quick oven.

Buns

1 cup scalded milk 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup sugar

1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/4 cup luke warm water

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup dates stoned and cut in pieces 1 teaspoon lemon extract Flour

Add 1/2 cup sugar and salt to milk; when lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake and 1 1/2 cups flour; cover, and let rise until light; add butter, remaining sugar, dates lemon and flour to make a dough; let rise, shape like biscuits, let rise again and bake. If wanted glazed, brush over with beaten egg before baking.

Mrs, F. M. Farmer.

Economy Griddle Cakes

1 1/2 cups sour milk or buttermilk; thin with 1/2 cup sweet milk, and stir in 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 egg well beaten, 1 cup fine bread crumbs, which have been put through the sifter, 1/2 cup cornmeal and enough flour to make the right thickness tor cooking on a griddle in the usual way. Lastly add a few ground dates. M. S. Metzler.