This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
2 cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 4 cups milk, 4 cups graham flour, 4 cups white flour, 8 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 3/4 cup raisins, 3/4 cup chopped dates, 1/2 cup walnut meats.
Put sugar, dates, raisins and nuts in mixing bowl. Add flour sifted with salt and baking powder, alternately with the milk mixed with the well-beaten eggs. Mix well and pour into greased pans. Set in warm place to rise and bake in slow oven 1 hour. Makes 3 small loaves.
- Mrs, Milton F. Collion.
Sift together 2 cups flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt. Rub in 1 tbsp. shortening and 1/2 cup walnut meats; add 1 beaten egg and 1 cup milk. Mix to a light dough, put in a well-greased pan, let stand 15 minutes, and bake in a moderate oven 45 minutes. - Mrs. James H. Thomas, Mont Clair, N. J.
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 1/2 cups white flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 6 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. soda, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 egg, 1 cup sour milk.
Mix the dry ingredients, add chopped nuts, un-beatcn egg and the sour milk. Mix to a smooth dough; turn into a well-greased pan and let stand 15 minutes. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 45 minutes. Sweet milk may be used, omitting the soda. - Mrs. H. B. Judson.
4 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 4 tsp. baking powder, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 egg, 1 3/4 cup milk.
Beat the egg lightly; add the milk. Mix the dry ingredients and liquids together; add the nuts. Let stand in greased pan for 1 hour. Bake in moderate oven 1/2 hour. This makes 2 loaves.
- Mrs. Florence 0. Essig.
1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups milk, 3 cups flour, 4 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt and 1 cup chopped English walnuts.
Beat together the eggs and sugar. Add milk. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Add nut meats; mix all together. Pour into 2 one pound bread pans and bake in very slow oven for about 1 hour.
- Mrs. H. S. Camp.
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 1/2 cups white flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. soda, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 egg, 6 level tsp. baking-powder, 1 cup sour milk. Mix dry ingredients and sift. Add chopped nuts, unbeaten egg and sour milk. Mix to smooth dough. Put into pan and let stand 15 min. Bake in a moderate oven 45 min. If sweet milk is used, omit soda.
- Mrs. C. B. Coon.
2 cups flour and 4 tsp. baking powder sifted together 3 times. Add 1/2 cup chopped nut meats, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 egg (beaten), 1 cup sweet milk. Place in buttered bread pan; let stand 20 minutes to rise. Bake slowly 45 minutes. - Mrs. Fred Mumm.
1 cup brown sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, 2 eggs, 2 cups milk, 3 1/2 cups flour, 4 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt and 1 cup nuts, chopped fine.
Mix thoroughly; let stand in pans 30 minutes to rise. Bake 1 hour. This makes 2 loaves.
- Mrs. H. P. Johnson.
3 cups graham flour, 1 cup white flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tsp. baking powder, 2 2/3 cups milk and 1 cup nut meats.
Mix dry ingredients; add the milk and nut meats. Mix thoroughly and let stand in greased bread pan, to raise for 25 minutes. Bake about 50 minutes.
- Mrs. G. A. Nichols.
2/3 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 cup chopped nuts, 4 cups flour, 1 egg, 4 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt.
Bake in baking powder cans about 45 minutes. (Do not fill the cans more than 2/3 full.)
- Mrs. L. Ermil Butler.
1 cup brown sugar dissolved in 2 cups sour milk, 3 cups graham flour, 1 cup white flour, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup chopped nuts and raisins.
Sift soda, baking powder and salt with white flour. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and let rise for 20 minutes. Bake 1 hour. - Mrs. H. G. Smith.
 
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