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German Cinnamon Bread

From The Cook County cook book (1912).

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A historical recipe

The Cook County cook book, by Associated College Women Workers (1912).

Germany

Known as a German recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoon salt
  2. 2 tablespoons baking powder
  3. 2 teaspoons sugar
  4. 3 teaspoons butter

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.

Method

  1. Make a rich biscuit dough with 1 qt.
  2. of flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons baking powder, 2 teaspoons sugar, 3 teaspoons butter, 1 tz%, 1 pt.
  3. of sweet milk, flavor with cream or vanilla.
  4. Mix all into a soft dough, roll y^ inch thick and put dough in a shallow pan, cover top with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon and melted butter.
  5. Bake in a quick oven.
  6. — Mrs.
  7. James Ellis, Palatine, 111.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
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Credit

From The Cook County cook book (1912), printed page 81, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cookcountycookbo00asso

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.