Baking Powder

1 pound 2 ounces pure cream of tartar

1/2 pound cooking soda 1/4 pound cornstarch

Mix and sift thoroughly four times, and store in closely covered jars.

Barley Bread

2 cups barley meal 1 cup Graham flour 1 cup white flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

6 teaspoons baking powder

2 cups milk

Sift dry ingredients together, and mix well with milk; turn into a greased bread tin, let stand fifteen minutes, and bake in a moderate oven fifty minutes. Raisins, dates, figs, or nuts may be added.

Bran Bread

2 cups bran

2 cups entire wheat flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon soda

5 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup molasses 3/4 cup water 3/4 cup milk

Sift flour, salt, soda, and baking powder, and add to bran; add molasses and liquid, and beat well; turn into a greased bread pan; let stand fifteen minutes, and bake in a moderate oven one hour.

1 Recipes for breads made light chiefly by soda and an acid (gingerbread, etc.) and for those made light by the expansion of air and moisture (popovers, etc.) are also included in this chapter.

Dark Nut Bread

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup hot water

1/2 cup molasses

3/4 cup milk

2 cups entire wheat flour

1 cud bread flour

5 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon soda 3/4 cup nut meats finely chopped

Mix in order given, sifting dry materials together before adding. Turn into a greased bread pan, let stand fifteen minutes, and bake in a moderate oven one hour.

Quick Raisin Bread

2 1/2 cups entire wheat flour 1/2 cup fine corn meal 6 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1 1/4 cups milk

1 cup seeded raisins cut in halves

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add egg, milk, and raisins, and mix well; put into a greased bread pan, cover, and let stand fifteen minutes; bake in a moderate oven about fifty minutes. One cup of finely chopped nuts may be added.

Bread Crumb Brown Bread

1 1/2 cups dried sifted crumbs 1 cup boiling water 1/2 cup molasses

1 cup milk 1/2 cup corn meal 1 cup Graham flour 3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons soda

Put crumbs in mixing dish, add boiling water, and let stand ten minutes; add molasses, milk, and the dry ingredients sifted together. Steam the same as Steamed Indian Date Bread (see No. 404).

Quick Coffee Cake

1/4 cup shortening 1/4 cup sugar 1 egg

1 cup milk and water mixed

1/2 cup seedless raisins

2 1/2 cups flour

5 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cream the shortening and sugar; add egg well beaten, milk, raisins, flour, baking powder, and salt; spread in a greased shallow pan, brush with melted butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar; bake in hot oven fifteen to twenty minutes.

Sally Lunn

2 cups flour

4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/4 cup melted shortening

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add eggs well beaten, milk, and shortening; beat thoroughly, pour into shallow greased pan, and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes.