No. 5—HEALTH BREAD OR GROATS BREAD.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
- 8–9 cups of coarse meal or flour (groats)
- 1 qt. of water
- 2 cents’ worth of yeast.
- 1½ tbsps. of salt
Preparation: Sift 4 cups of flour and mix it to a smooth batter with lukewarm water and yeast that is dissolved in ¼ cup of water, then set the sponge to rise. After this mix in the salt and knead the rest of the flour in and continue kneading 20 minutes. Form two loaves and put them into greased pans, then set them to rise again to twice their size. Bake ¾ to 1 hour in medium hot oven.
No. 6—BREAD STICKS.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
Ingredients and preparation are given under Chapter 1, Soups, [No. 16], Bread Sticks.
No. 7—BISCUIT.
Quantity for 10 Persons.
- 4½ cups of flour
- 1 pt. of milk
- 1½ cents’ worth of yeast
- ¼ lb. of butter
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp. of salt