Wheat Griddle-Cakes

Original Recipe

Three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted together; beat three eggs and add to three cupfuls of sweet milk, also a tablespoonful of melted butter; mix all into a smooth batter, as thick as will run in a stream from the lips of a pitcher. Bake on a well-greased, hot griddle, a nice light brown. Very good.

Ingredients

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  • 3 cups of flour
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted together
  • 3 eggs and add to three cupfuls of sweet milk
  • 1 tablespoonful of melted butter
  • 1 smooth batter
  • 1 stream from the lips of a pitcher
  • 1 nice light brown

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted together; beat three eggs and add to three cupfuls of sweet milk, also a tablespoonful of melted butter; mix all into a smooth batter, as thick as will run in a stream from the lips of a pitcher.

  2. 2

    Bake on a well-greased, hot griddle, a nice light brown.

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