Plain Griddle Cakes

1 1/2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

1 egg well beaten

1 tablespoon melted shortening

1/2 cup milk

3/4 cup water

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add egg well beaten, shortening, and liquid; beat well, and cook on a hot griddle. The cakes should be small and should be served very hot with butter and syrup.

Sour Milk Griddle Cakes

2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda

2 teaspoons sugar

2 cups thick sour milk

1 egg well beaten

Mix and sift dry ingredients, add milk and egg, and beat well; cook the same as Plain Griddle Cakes (see No. 476).

Corn Meal Griddle Cakes

1 1/2 cups corn meal

1/2 cup flour

4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon molasses

1 egg well beaten

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup water

1 tablespoon melted shortening

Mix in order given, beat well, and cook on a hot, greased griddle. If all of the batter is not needed at once, cover what is left, and keep in a cold place; add one-half teaspoon of baking powder, and beat vigorously before using; or half of the recipe may be used and the extra half egg used in some other way.

Dried Crumb Griddle Cakes

1 cup dried and sifted bread crumbs 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt

4 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 cups milk

Mix and cook according to directions for Plain Griddle Cakes (see No. 476). Half milk and half water may be used.

Rice Griddle Cakes

1 cup cooked rice 1 egg well beaten 1 cup milk 1 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt Few gratings nutmeg

Mix rice and egg thoroughly with a fork, add milk, and dry ingredients mixed and sifted together; beat well, and cook the same as Plain Griddle Cakes (see No. 476).

Raised Buckwheat Cakes

1 cup boiling water 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon molasses 1/2 yeast cake

1/4 cup lukewarm water 1 cup buckwheat flour 1/4 cup white flour 1/2 teaspoon soda

Mix boiling water, salt, and molasses, and when lukewarm add yeast dissolved in lukewarm water; add gradually to flour, and beat well; let rise over night, add soda, beat well, and cook the same as Plain Griddle Cakes (see No. 476).