This section is from the book "Twelve Lessons In Scientific Cookery", by Suzy Tracy. Also available from Amazon: Twelve Lessons in Scientific Cookery.
Roll a piece of coffee-cake dough in a sheet one-fourth inch in thickness; cut into strips; brush with melted butter; dust with sugar and cinnamon; roll into shape; place one inch apart on a buttered pan and let rise one hour; bake in a moderately hot oven.
Take a large piece of coffee-cake dough and mix with it half a cupful of currants or stoned raisins; roll into a sheet half an inch in thickness; cut in circular shape; brush the top with melted butter; fold over, leaving the top edge one inch from the under edge; raise one hour; bake in a moderate oven from thirty to forty-five minutes.
One quart of flour,
Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, One teaspoonful of salt,
Two tablespoonfuls of butter, Sweet milk enough to make a soft dough.
Sift the flour before it is measured; sift flour, salt and baking powder together; rub the butter into it with the fingers; add the milk and beat to a smooth dough; turn out upon the bread board; dust with flour and roll into a sheet three-quarters of an inch thick; cut into small biscuit; butter the biscuit pan and dust lightly with flour; lay the biscuit close together and bake in a hot oven ten minutes.
Roll a piece of baking-powder biscuit dough into a sheet one half inch in thickness; spread with softened butter; dust with cinnamon and sugar; roll like a jelly roll; with a sharp knife cut off bits from the end about one-half inch; lay the flat side on a well-buttered pan; bake in a hot oven ten minutes. These make a very good substitute for cinnamon rolls: to be served hot.
Two cupfuls of flour,
One and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, One-half teaspoonful of salt,
One-half cupful of milk, Two eggs,
Two tablespoonfuls of sugar, One-third cupful of butter.
Sift the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together; separate the eggs and beat separately; add the yolks and milk to the flour and beat thoroughly, then the melted butter and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten stiff; bake in gem pans in a hot oven for fifteen minutes.
One and one-half cupfuls of graham flour, sifted, One cupful of milk, One tablespoonful of sugar,
One tablespoonful of melted butter, One-half teaspoonful of salt, One egg, Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder together; beat the egg; add the sugar and beat together, then the milk; mix the flour into the egg and milk and beat to a smooth batter; add the melted butter; bake in buttered gem pans in a hot oven.
One cupful of flour, One egg,
One-half teaspoonful of salt, One cupful of milk.
Beat the egg very light; add the milk and beat together; mix the flour and salt; add half a cupful of the liquid and mix to a smooth batter; beat thoroughly, then add the rest of the milk and beat; heat buttered iron gem pans hissing hot; half fill with the mixture; bake in a hot oven thirty-five or forty minutes.
One cupful of flour, One cupful of buttermilk, One egg,
One-half teaspoonful of salt, One-half teaspoonful of soda.
Mix the flour, salt and soda together; separate the egg; add the yolk to the flour and gradually add the buttermilk; beat the white of the egg stiff; add to the batter; if sour milk is used instead of buttermilk add one tablespoonful of melted butter; have the griddle hot; grease it with a piece of fat pork.
Two cupfuls of flour, Cup and a half of milk, One tablespoonful of melted butter,
Two eggs,
One-half teaspoonful of salt,
Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together; separate the eggs; add the yolks unbeaten to the flour and the milk gradually; beat to a smooth batter; beat the whites of the eggs stiff; add the melted butter to the batter, and lastly the beaten whites of the eggs; cook on a hot griddle.
Cook one cupful of. sugar and one-fourth cupful of water over a hot fire, without stirring until it begins to brown; then stir until of a rich golden brown; add one-half cupful of water and stir over the fire until smooth; serve with waffles.
 
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