Brown Bread

Ingredients:

2 c. graham flour 1 c. corn meal 1 c. sweet milk 1 tsp. soda

1 c. sour milk or buttermilk 1/2 c. molasses 1 tsp. salt

Method:

Mix the graham flour well with the corn meal, sifting the soda and salt with the corn meal. Add the liquid ingredients and stir thoroughly. Bake in a well-greased covered pan or mold in a moderate oven two hours.

Indian Bread

Ingredients:

2 c. corn meal 1 1/2 c. flour 2 tsp. soda

2 c. sour milk 1 c. molasses 1 tsp. salt

Method:

Sift soda, salt, and flour. Add the corn meal, mix well and add the liquid ingredients. Turn into a buttered mold and steam 3 hours.

Steamed Graham Bread

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 c. graham flour

1 c. wheat flour

1 c. sour milk 1/2 c. molasses 1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

Method:

Sift the soda, salt, and wheat flour. Mix well with the graham flour, add the liquid ingredients and lastly the egg, slightly beaten. Turn into a well-greased mold and steam two hours.

Corn Meal Gems

Ingredients:

1 c. sweet milk 3 tbsp. sour cream 1 c. corn meal

1/2 c. molasses

1 tsp. soda

1 c. wheat flour

1/2 tsp. salt

Method:

Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add the liquids and mix thoroughly. Turn into greased muffin tins, and bake in a moderate oven 12 minutes.

Graham Pudding

Ingredients :

1 c. buttermilk or sour milk 2 c. graham flour 1 tsp. cinnamon

1 c. molasses 1 c. raisins 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. salt

Method:

Mix the cinnamon, salt, and soda well with the graham flour. Add the liquid ingredients and the raisins. Mix thoroughly and turn into a buttered mold and allow it to steam three hours, or turn into individual molds and steam 45 minutes.

Plum Pudding

Ingredients:

3 c. chopped suet 1 c. molasses 1 c. sugar 1 lb. raisins 1 lb. currants 1/4 lb. citron 1 tsp. soda

1 c. sour milk

2 eggs

1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tbsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. mace

1 c. bread crumbs

Method:

Wash and prepare the currants and raisins. Put through the meat grinder with the citron. Mix the finely chopped suet with the bread crumbs and thoroughly mix the spices, salt, and soda all through. Add this to the first mixture, add the molasses and sour milk and lastly the eggs slightly beaten. Turn into buttered molds and steam five hours.

Dried Apple Cake

Ingredients:

1 c. dried apples (soaked overnight) 1 c. molasses 1/2 c. butter 1 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. cinnamon

1 egg

3 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. soda 1 c. sugar 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. nutmeg

Method:

Cook the molasses and dried apples until thick. Allow the mixture to cool. Cream the butter, add the sugar and egg slightly beaten. Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add the milk and dry ingredients alternately to the egg mixture. Lastly add the molasses and apple. Mix thoroughly. Turn into a prepared pan and bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

Fruit Cake without Eggs

Ingredients:

1 c. sugar 4 tbsp. butter 2 c. flour 1/2 tsp. salt

1 c. sour milk 1 c. raisins 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cloves

Method:

Cream the butter, add the sugar and stir until the mixture is light-colored. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately to the first mixture. Add the raisins and bake in a moderate oven 30 minutes.

Spice Cake I

Ingredients :

1/2 c. butter 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. molasses 1 egg 1/2 c. raisins

1/2 c. sour milk 2 c. flour 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. cloves 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Method:

Follow general directions for cake mixtures. Bake in very moderate oven 45 minutes.

Spice Cake II

Ingredients:

2/3 c. butter

2 c. brown sugar

3 eggs

1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. allspice

1 c. buttermilk

2 tsp. soda 2 c. flour

1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. nutmeg

Method:

Follow general directions for cake mixture. Bake as a loaf cake 40 minutes, or as a layer cake 30 minutes.

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

2 c. sugar 2 eggs 1 c. butter

1 c. sour cream

2 tsp. soda

1 tsp. cream of tartar flour to make a stiff dough

Method :

Follow general directions for cooky mixtures.

Molasses Cookies I

Ingredients:

1 egg

1 c. sugar

2 c. molasses 1 tsp. ginger

1 c. shortening 1 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. cinnamon flour to make a stiff dough

Method:

Follow general directions for cooky mixtures.

Molasses Cookies II

Ingredients:

1 c. brown sugar 1 c. molasses 1 tsp. salt 1 1/2 tsp. soda

1 c. buttermilk

1 c. lard

1 tsp. ginger flour to make a soft dough

Soft Gingerbread

Ingredients:

1/2 c. sugar 1 c. molasses 1/4 c. butter 2 tsp. soda 2 eggs

1 c. buttermilk 1 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. cloves 2 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. cinnamon

Method:

Follow general rules for combining cake mixtures. Bake in a shallow pan 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

Fried Cakes

Ingredients:

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt

1/2 c. sour cream 1/2 c. buttermilk 2 tsp. baking powder nutmeg flour to make a soft dough

Doughnuts I

Ingredients:

1 c. sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. soda

1 tbsp. butter 1 c. sour milk nutmeg flour to make a soft dough

Doughnuts II

Ingredients:

1 c. sugar

1 c. thick sour milk

(beaten to a froth) flour to make a soft dough

3 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 tsp. salt