The New Dr. Price Cookbook | Page 5

about 25 minutes.
BRAN BISCUITS
1/2 cup bran?1-1/2 cups flour?5 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?3/4 teaspoon salt?3 tablespoons sugar?1/2 cup water?2 tablespoons shortening
Mix thoroughly bran, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar; add sufficient water to make soft dough; add melted shortening; roll out lightly to about 1/4 inch thick on floured board; cut with biscuit cutter. Bake in hot oven 12 to 15 minutes.
CHEESE BISCUITS
1-1/2 cups flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/4 teaspoon salt?1 teaspoon shortening?6 tablespoons grated cheese?5/8 cup milk
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add shortening and cheese; rub in very lightly; add milk slowly, just enough to hold dough together. Turn out on floured board and roll about 1/2 inch thick; cut with small biscuit cutter. Bake in hot oven 12 to 15 minutes.
EGG BISCUITS
2 cups flour?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon salt?1 tablespoon sugar?1 egg?2 tablespoons shortening?1/3 cup water
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; add well beaten egg and melted shortening to water and add to dry ingredients to make soft dough. Roll out on floured board to about 1/2 inch thick; cut with biscuit cutter. Bake in moderate oven about 25 minutes.
MUFFINS, GEMS, ETC.
MUFFINS
2 cups flour?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1 tablespoon sugar?1/2 teaspoon salt?1 cup milk?2 eggs?1 tablespoon shortening
Sift together floor, baking powder, sugar and salt; add milk, well-beaten eggs and melted shortening; mix well. Half fill greased muffin tins with batter and bake in hot oven 20 to 25 minutes.
ENGLISH MUFFINS
2 cups flour?4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?3/4 teaspoon salt?1 teaspoon sugar?1-1/4 cups milk
Sift together dry ingredients. Mix in gradually milk to make soft dough. Half fill greased muffin rings placed on hot greased griddle or shaped lightly with floured hands into flat round cakes: Bake on griddle or frying pan turning until brown and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Split and serve hot with butter.
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
2 cups flour?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1 teaspoon salt?1 tablespoon sugar?3/4 cup milk?2 eggs?1 tablespoon shortening?1 cup berries
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; add milk slowly, well-beaten eggs and melted shortening; mix well and add berries, which have been carefully picked over and floured. Grease muffin tins; drop one spoonful into each. Bake about 30 minutes in moderate oven.
CEREAL MUFFINS
1/2 cup cooked hominy, oatmeal or other cereal?1/2 teaspoon salt?1-1/2 tablespoons shortening?1 egg?1/2 cup milk?1 cup flour?1/2 cup corn meal?4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
Mix together cereal, salt, melted shortening, beaten egg and milk. Add flour and corn meal which have been sifted with baking powder; beat well. Bake in greased muffin tins or shallow pan in hot oven 25 to 30 minutes.
CORN MEAL MUFFINS
3/4 cup corn meal?1-1/4 cups flour?4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon salt?2 tablespoons sugar?1 cup milk?2 tablespoons shortening?1 egg
Sift together corn meal, flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; add milk, melted shortening and well-beaten egg; mix well. Half fill greased muffin tins with batter and bake about 35 minutes in hot oven.
CRUMB MUFFINS
2 cups stale bread crumbs?1-1/4 cups milk?1 cup flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon salt?2 eggs?1 tablespoon shortening
Soak bread crumbs in cold milk 10 minutes; add flour, baking powder and salt which have been sifted together; add well-beaten eggs and melted shortening; mix well. Half fill greased muffin tins with batter and bake 20 to 25 minutes in hot oven.
RICE MUFFINS
1 cup flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon salt?1 tablespoon sugar?2/3 cup milk?1 egg?1 tablespoon shortening?1 cup cold boiled rice
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; add milk slowly; then well-beaten egg and melted shortening; add rice and mix well. Half fill greased muffin tins with batter and bake 20 to 30 minutes in hot oven.
DATE MUFFINS
1/3 cup butter?1 egg?2 cups flour?2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1/2 teaspoon salt?3/4 cup milk?1/2 lb. dates
Cream butter, add beaten egg, flour in which baking powder and salt have been sifted, and milk. Stir in dates which have been pitted and cut into small pieces. Bake about 25 minutes in greased gem pans in hot oven.
For sweet muffins sift 1/4 cup sugar with dry ingredients.
POPOVERS
2 cups flour?1/2 teaspoon salt?2 eggs?2 cups milk
Sift together flour and salt. Make a well in flour, break eggs into well, add milk and stir from center until all flour is mixed in and until smooth. Pour into hot greased gem pans and bake 25 to 35 minutes in very hot oven. If taken out of oven too soon they will fall.
GRAHAM GEMS
1 cup flour?1 cup graham flour?3/4 teaspoon salt?4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder?1 cup milk?1 egg?2 tablespoons molasses or sugar?3 tablespoons shortening
Mix together dry ingredients. Add milk, beaten egg, molasses and melted shortening. Stir until smooth. Bake in greased gem pans in hot oven about 25 minutes.
GREEN CORN GEMS
2 cups green corn put through food chopper?1/4 cup milk or 1/2 cup if corn is dry?2 eggs?2 cups flour?3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking