Corn Bread
Arwilda kept four different recipes with this title.
Molasses, sour-milk, and wheat-meal recipe
Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box molasses card and continuation
Ingredients
- ½ cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of Molasses
- 1 cup of sour milk
- 1 teaspoon melted butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup of each Wheat Meal, Corn Meal and white flour
Directions
- Let stand 2 hours, Put in Oven [just/but] long enough to dry tops.
Timing: Let stand 2 hours; long enough to dry tops
Equipment: Oven
Mrs. H. W. Rice sour-milk formula
Mrs. H. W. Rice Corn Bread ingredient card
From Mrs. H. W. Rice.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups yellow Corn Meal
- 3/4 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup sour milk
- 2 Tablespoons melted fat
As written
(over)
No II two-cup formula
Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box No II card
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 4 tablespoons shortening or butter, melted
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 tablespoons sugar
Directions
- Beat 2 eggs slightly. Add 2 cups Milk and 4 tbls. shortening, beat together
- sift 2 cups flour, 2 cups cornmeal, 4 teas Baking Powder 2 teas salt + 4 tbls sugar into The liquid. Stir quickly until
Temperature: shortening or butter, melted
Equipment: mixing bowl, beater or whisk, sifter, and stirring utensil
Notes
- The card directions ends mid-sentence at Stir quickly until.
As written
No 1.
Typed 425 F recipe
Clear Tote typed Corn Bread card
Ingredients
- 1 c. corn meal
- 1 c. flour
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 c. milk
- 1/4 c. shortening, soft
Directions
- 1. Cream egg, shortening and add milk. Sift together dry ingredients and add
- 2. Beat with egg beater until smooth about 1 min. (Do not over beat)
- 3. Bake in greased 8-inch square pan or greased muffin pans Put in hot aven 425 F 20-25 min., where aven is a card typo for oven
Timing: beat about 1 minute; bake 20-25 minutes
Temperature: hot oven, 425 F
Equipment: sifter; egg beater; greased 8-inch square pan or greased muffin pans; oven
Compare the cards
Cornmeal and flour structure
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box molasses card and continuation
- 1 cup each wheat meal, corn meal, and white flour
- Clear Tote typed Corn Bread card
- 1 cup corn meal and 1 cup flour
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box No II card
- 2 cups cornmeal and 2 cups flour
- Mrs. H. W. Rice Corn Bread ingredient card
- 1 1/2 cups yellow corn meal and 3/4 cup flour
Sweeteners
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box molasses card and continuation
- 1/2 cup sugar plus 1/2 cup molasses
- Clear Tote typed Corn Bread card
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box No II card
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- Mrs. H. W. Rice Corn Bread ingredient card
- 1/2 cup sugar
Milk and leavening
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box molasses card and continuation
- 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, and 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Clear Tote typed Corn Bread card
- 1 cup milk and 4 teaspoons baking powder; no soda listed
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box No II card
- 2 cups milk and 4 teaspoons baking powder; no soda listed
- Mrs. H. W. Rice Corn Bread ingredient card
- 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, and 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box molasses card and continuation
- Two-hour stand and oven-until-tops-dry ending are included, but mixing, pan, and the clipped linking word do not
- Clear Tote typed Corn Bread card
- Complete cream, sift, one-minute beat, pan, and 425 F for 20 to 25 minutes method
- Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box No II card
- Method ends at Stir quickly until; consistency, pan, heat, and time are absent
- Mrs. H. W. Rice Corn Bread ingredient card
- Ingredient formula only; the over continuation is missing
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