Oatmeal Muffins.—1 cup oatmeal, 1½ pints flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 tablespoon lard, 2 eggs, 1 pint milk. Sift together oatmeal, flour, salt, and powder; rub in lard cold, add beaten eggs and milk; mix smoothly into batter rather thinner than cup cake; fill muffin-pans ([fig. VII]) ⅔ full; bake in good hot oven 15 minutes.
Potato Muffins.—Boil and mash 3 potatoes; add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter; beat well. Add 2 beaten eggs, ½ cup milk, flour to make a drop batter, and 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder. Bake on hot greased griddle in greased rings.
Royal Egg Muffins.—1 quart flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 large tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 3 eggs, 1¼ pints milk. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and powder; rub in the butter; add the beaten eggs and milk; mix quickly into a smooth batter, a little firmer than for griddle cakes; ⅔ fill cold, carefully greased muffin-pans ([fig. VII]); bake in hot oven 15 minutes.
Sweet Muffins.—1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 pint sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 teaspoon salt. Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk and beaten egg and butter. Beat hard, bake in greased muffin-pans.
Butter Cakes.—Mix 1 quart flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Rub in 3 tablespoons butter. Mix to a soft dough with milk, roll out ¾ inch thick, cut in round cakes. Lay on a moderately hot greased griddle, and when pale brown turn and brown on other side. Tear open, butter liberally, and send to table.
Gems.—1 pint flour, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 3 teaspoons melted butter, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Mix as for muffins, adding beaten whites last; bake in hot, well-greased iron gem-pans.
Royal Graham Gems.—1½ pints Graham flour, ½ pint Indian corn meal, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1¼ pints milk. Sift together Graham flour, corn meal, salt, and powder. Add the milk, and mix into a moderately stiff batter. ½ fill cold gem-pans ([fig. X]), well greased. Bake in a solid hot oven 10 to 12 minutes.
Rice Gems.—1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1 cup cold boiled rice, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix as for plain gems, and bake in hot oven in gem-pans.
Apple Gems.—Chop fine 4 sour apples, add 1 beaten egg, 2 tablespoons molasses, 1½ cups Indian corn meal, 1½ cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Add sufficient milk to make thick drop batter, and bake in hot greased gem-pans.
Crumpets.—Melt 1 heaping tablespoon lard; add 2 beaten eggs and 1½ cups milk. Beat well, add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons sugar, 3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder sifted with 2½ cups flour. Crumpet-rings are larger than muffin-rings. Put greased rings on hot greased griddle; fill ⅔ full with batter. Turn when half done.