Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1911 — A Bread Help. [ARTICLE]

A Bread Help.

During cold weather many women who do their own baking find it difficult to get their bread to raise without the sponge getting chilled. With this recipe I make the sponge at ten o’clock and the bread is done in time for supper. Take six medium sized potatoes, slice thin, and boll in two quarts water; mash in water and add one-half cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of lard, three cents’ worth of compressed yeast or one-half cupful of dry yeast in water; flour enough to make a stiff batter. Set on back of stove and stir from bottom every hour. In two hours will be ready to knead down. When ready .to make into loaves knead well for 20 minutes.