Take 2 pounds graham flour, 2 pounds wheat flour, ¼ pound melted butter, 1 ounce salt, 2 ounces baking powder, 6 eggs, 1 quart milk, and thoroly beat these ingredients. Have gem pans nicely greased. Pour in the batter and fill gem pans about half full. Put in a very hot oven and bake 20 minutes.
Hot muffins (for 20 men).
Take 3 pounds flour, 1 ounce baking powder, ½ ounce salt, 3 ounces lard or butter, 3 eggs, and enough water or milk to make a batter to drop from spoon. Grease the gem pans or muffin mugs and fill mugs half full of dough and bake.
PUDDINGS, ETC.
Apple pudding (for 20 men).
Same as peach pudding, except use apples instead of peaches.
Apple dumplings.
Take 5 pounds pie dough and roll out in strips about 6 by 4 inches, rather thin. Put on each strip a spoonful of stewed apples, evaporated (if green fresh apples use raw), and fold over the four corners and roll in a round ball. Put in oven and bake about 45 minutes or till done. Serve hot with a white sauce (sweet cream).
Apple fritters (for 20 men).
Take 4 pounds flour, 6 ounces baking powder, 1 ounce salt, 6 eggs broken in flour, 3 pints water, 1 can cream, 1 quart stewed apples. Mix all together. Add flour until it is thick enough to drop from spoon. Fry in hot lard like doughnuts.