Rye Drop-Cakes

Original Recipe

One pint of warm milk, with half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, a little salt, four eggs well beaten, and rye flour enough to make a thin batter; bake in small cups, buttered, and in a hot oven, or in small cakes upon a hot griddle.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of warm milk
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it
  • 1 little salt
  • 4 eggs well beaten
  • 1 thin batter
  • 1 hot oven
  • 1 hot griddle

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Instructions

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    One pint of warm milk, with half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, a little salt, four eggs well beaten, and rye flour enough to make a thin batter; bake in small cups, buttered, and in a hot oven, or in small cakes upon a hot griddle.

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