Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1912 — Short Oatcake. [ARTICLE]

Short Oatcake.

One pound of oatmeal, *4 pound of butter, % teaspoon carbonate of soda, 1 teaspoon salt; put the oatmeal in a bowl, add the soda and Balt, rub in the butter, make into a paste w.th about % pint of cold water, cover tie pasteboard with meal, turn paste on to it; make it into a small ball, flatten it with the backs of your flnirers, roll out to the thickness of a crown piece, cut into shapes and bake on a hot stove or griddle.