Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

War-TFmo Foods. Every woman who is at all patriotic is planning, studying and inuring about foods; how to feed the family well on wholesome food and use the substitutes for flour, meat, fat and sugar that she is expected to provide. Those of us who wish to be on, good terms with ourselves must be especially careful to follow our government’s requests in regard to food. Barley Muffins. Take one cupful of buttermilk or sour milk, one tablespoonful of sirup, one egg, two tablespoonfuis of corn oil or any other vegetable fat; a teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfals of baking powder, a teaspoonful of salt, and two cupfuls of sifted barley flour. Bake in well-greased gem pans 25 minutes in a moderate oven. Barley flour makes excellent pastry without the addition of wheat flour. In using barley when baking powder is used, increase the quantity of the baking powder slightly. Potato Yeast Bread. Take three cupfuls of hot mashed potato, firmly packed when measured, two teaspoonfuls each of salt, fat and sugar, a half a yeast cake dissolved in a fourth of a cupful of luke-warm vVater, and six cupfuls of wheat flour. Put a third of a cupful of hot water with the salt, fat and sugar in a bowl, add the potato, mix well; add the yeast and one cupful of flour; knead or stir in the flour at first, adding one cupful at a time; it will be very stiff at the last, but with good kneading it will be smooth. The second kneading, because of the moisture in the potato, will be soft; add no more flour. When it is light, knead into loaves and when again light, bake in a moderate oven one hour. This makes two loaves of moist palatable bread. And potatoes contain about 80 per cent if no water is used, four cupfuls of flour will be sufficient, but it will take patience to knead it, but the results will be good. Oatmeal Bread. Pour a cupful of scalded skim milk and one cupful of water over a cupful of oatmeal; let stand until luke warm; add a tablespoonful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt, a half a yeast cake, and flour to knead. This bread will rise quickly. Mold Into loaves and bake in a moderate oven one hour. This makes two loaves.