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Milk Bread

A historical recipe from A handbook of invalid cooking, by Mary A. Boland (1893).

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A historical recipe

A handbook of invalid cooking: for the use of nurses in training, nurses in private practice, and others who care for the sick, by Mary A. Boland (1893). Project Gutenberg eBook #54568.

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 Pint of scalded milk
  2. 1 Tablespoon of sugar
  3. 1 Teaspoon of salt
  4. ⅓ Cup of liquid yeast

Method

  1. 1 Pint of scalded milk.
  2. 1 Tablespoon of sugar.
  3. 1 Teaspoon of salt.
  4. ⅓ Cup of liquid yeast, or ⅕ Cake of Fleischmann's yeast.
  5. Measure the milk after scalding, but otherwise proceed exactly as in the making of water bread.

Plating

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A handbook of invalid cooking, by Mary A. Boland (1893). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #54568 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54568). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.