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Quick Graham Bread

A historical recipe from Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Befor, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914).

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A historical recipe

Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Before, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914). Project Gutenberg eBook #8542.

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

Source Public domain in the USA
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From Things Mother Used to Make A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Befor, by Lydia Maria Gurney (1914). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #8542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8542). 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.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. 1 Teaspoonful of Salt Stir soda
  2. one-half cup of cold water
  3. 1 Yeast

Method

  1. 1 Pint of Graham Meal 1/2 Cupful of Molasses 1 Cupful of Sour Milk 1 Teaspoonful of Soda 1 Teaspoonful of Salt Stir soda into the molasses, add sour milk and salt;
  2. add all to the meal, beating well.
  3. Sweet milk will do with a little less soda.
  4. Bake thirty minutes, or according to heat of the oven.
  5. A moderate oven is best.
  6. Graham Bread (raised over night)= 3 Cupfuls of Flour 3 Cupfuls of Graham Meal 3 Tablespoonfuls of Sugar 1 Tablespoonful of Lard 1 Teaspoonful of Salt 1 Yeast Cake Mix flour and meal together and rub in lard, sugar and salt.
  7. Add yeast cake which has been dissolved in one-half cup of cold water.
  8. Mix with warm water at night.
  9. Set in a warm place to rise.
  10. In the morning stir and let rise to twice its bulk.
  11. Knead and put in baking pans.
  12. Raise again and bake forty-five minutes.

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