Ayuda Cook Book (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Ayuda Cook Book<br><br>Maple Roll Biscuit: 3 cups flour. 3 tablespoons melted fat. Sweet milk to make a soft dough. 6 teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon salt. Roll out without much handling about one-half inch thick and sprinkle thickly with brown sugar and roll up like cinnamon rolls. Cut the roll in slices one and one-half inches thick and bake 1 1/2 hours in a slow oven. Fine with coffee. Mrs. Calhoun.<br><br>"Hot Dog" Dainties: 4 level cups flour. 1 teaspoon salt. 5 teaspoons baking powder. 1 pound small smoked sausages. 4 level tablespoons lard. About 2 cups milk, or milk and water. Brush each sausage with mustard. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Work in lard and gently mix in milk enough to make a soft dough, soft enough to be handled easily without being stiff. Roll out about 1/4 inch thick. Cut in small squares. Lay one sausage in each square and fasten by pinching the dough together. Place in a pan a little ways apart, and bake in a quick oven until brown. Mrs. B. H. Trauger.<br><br>Sour Milk Nut Bread: 3 cups whole wheat or graham flour. 2 cups sour milk. 1 cup nuts. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. 1/2 cup white flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, sift in last. Mix and pour in greased tins. Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Mrs. L. H. Kennedy.<br><br>Potato Rolls: 1 cup mashed potatoes. 3/4 cup lard. 3/4 cup sugar. 1 cup warm water. 1 egg. 1 pint light yeast. Sufficient flour to make soft dough. To make yeast use the water off of potatoes and add enough to make one pint. Have lukewarm. Break up one cake Fleishman's yeast in it and let stand a short time. 10 to 12 cups of flour. Let rise, then roll. Cut into biscuits. Let rise again and bake in a moderate oven. This makes about 5 dozen rolls. Mrs. O. P. Giffin.<br><br>Muffins (Standard): (1) 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon fat - melt fat and mix. (2) 2 cups flour. 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar - sift together. Combine (1) and (2) quickly, do not beat. The batter is not smooth. Put in tins and bake in a quick oven. Mrs. L. H. Kennedy.<br><br>Bran Muffins: 2 tablespoons sugar. 1 tablespoon shortening. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 egg. Bake in a quick oven. 1 cup milk. 2 tablespoons baking powder. 1 cup flour. 1 cup bran. Mrs. O. P. Giffin.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.