Griddle-Cakes

Original Recipe

One quart of Graham flour, half a pint of Indian meal, one gill of yeast, a teaspoonful of salt; mix the flour and meal, pour on enough warm water to make batter rather thicker than that for buckwheat cakes, add the yeast, and when light bake on griddle not too hot.

Ingredients

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  • 1 quart of graham flour
  • 1 pint of indian meal
  • 1 gill of yeast
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt

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Instructions

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    One quart of Graham flour, half a pint of Indian meal, one gill of yeast, a teaspoonful of salt; mix the flour and meal, pour on enough warm water to make batter rather thicker than that for buckwheat cakes, add the yeast, and when light bake on griddle not too hot.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book , Very Good (1887)