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Rye Bread

A historical recipe from Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906).

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A historical recipe

Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Project Gutenberg eBook #77552.

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

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoon of salt
  2. 1 cup of yeast

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. Five pts.
  2. of flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 qt.
  3. of warm water, 1 cup of yeast.
  4. Mix well and work well with plenty of flour, then place in well greased pans.
  5. Let rise and bake in oven 1½ hours.
  6. Never set at night but work as soon as mixed.

Plating

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77552 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77552). 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.