American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Corn Bread

Original Recipe

Two cups of sifted meal, half a cup of flour, two cups of sour milk, two well-beaten eggs, half a cup of molasses or sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Mix the meal and flour smoothly and gradually with the milk, then the butter, molasses and salt, then the beaten eggs, and lastly dissolve a level teaspoonful of baking soda in a little milk and beat thoroughly altogether. Bake nearly an hour in well-buttered tins, not very shallow. This recipe can be made with sweet milk by using baking powder in place of soda. St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups of sifted meal
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 2 cups of sour milk
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 cup of molasses or sugar
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter
  • 1 level teaspoonful of baking soda in a little milk and beat thoroughly altogether

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups of sifted meal, half a cup of flour, two cups of sour milk, two well-beaten eggs, half a cup of molasses or sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter.

  2. 2

    Mix the meal and flour smoothly and gradually with the milk, then the butter, molasses and salt, then the beaten eggs, and lastly dissolve a level teaspoonful of baking soda in a little milk and beat thoroughly altogether.

  3. 3

    Bake nearly an hour in well-buttered tins, not very shallow.

  4. 4

    This recipe can be made with sweet milk by using baking powder in place of soda. _St.

  5. 5

    Charles Hotel, New Orleans._.

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