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drop with a tablespoon into a well greased pan. The batter should be thick
enough to flatten on the bottom, leaving then quite high in the middle.
21. Johnny Cake. 1 pint of butter-milk, 1 pint of cornmeal, 1 tablespoonful of
melted butter, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda, and 1 teaspoonful of salt. Beat
the eggs and add to the butter-milk, then stir in the corn meal, the melted
butter and salt. Dissolve the soda in a little boiling water, and add to the
batter, mix thoroughly and pour in a greased shallow pan. Bake in a moderately
quick oven for 1/2 hour.
22. Graham Gems. Take 3 cupfuls of sour milk, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1
teaspoonful of melted lard, and 1 beaten egg; add the milk to the egg, then the
sugar and salt, and then the Graham flour, mixing the soda with the flour
together with the lard; make a stiff bat ter so that it will drop from the
spoon. Have the gem pans very hot, fill and bake for 15 minutes in a hot oven.
23. Graham Muffins. 2 cupfuls of sour milk, 2 table spoonfuls of brown sugar, a
little salt, 1 teaspoonful of soda, and enough Graham flour to make the batter
moderately stiff.
24. White Hominy or Grits. Take 2 cupfuls of grits to 2 quarts of salted water,
and soak over night, and boil for 3/4 of an hour in a custard kettle; serve with
milk and sugar, or when cold slice and fry.
25. Snow Flakes. One quart of sifted flour, one quart of sweet milk, salt to
taste, six eggs beaten separately, one tablespoonful of melted lard. Just be
fore baking, stir in one heaping dessertspoonful of baking powder. Bake in small
patty-pans in a quick oven; grease the pans slightly. This is a delicate, and,
when well made and baked, a beautiful dish.
26. Soda Biscuit. Put in the sifter one quart of flour and one even teaspoonful
of soda, sift these together; rub into the flour thoroughly a piece of butter
the size of a hen's egg; salt to taste; wet the flour with sour milk until a
soft dough is formed; make it into thin biscuits, and bake in a quick oven. Work
it very little.
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