Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Biscuit | 1 medium (45g) | 166 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoonful shortening
- one cupful of milk
- 3 teaspoonful soda to each cup to sweeten
- 2 tablespoonfuls sugar
- 1 cupful milk
- 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
- 3 teaspoonful soda
- two cupfuls flour
- two-thirds cupful of milk
- 2 tablespoonfuls warm water
- one dozen muffins cost 11 cents
- 11 cents
- 1 well beaten egg
- 2 cup- fuls of flour
- 15 good-sized muffins
- 1 egg
- 1 dozen muffins cost $0
- 12 muf- fins
- two dozen biscuits cost $0
- 24 biscuits
- 1 dozen $0
- one dozen
- 20 biscuits cost $0
- 30 biscuits cost $0
- 30 delicious biscuits
- one loaf bread costs $0
- salt
Directions
One dozen muffins cost 11 cents.
Cream 1 tablespoonful shortening (butter or drippings) and iy2 table- spoonfuls sugar. Beat into this 1 well beaten egg-. Add one cupful of milk and stir quickly. Sift 2V2 tea- spoonfuls baking powder with 2 cup- fuls of flour. Stir into mixture quick- ly and drop from tablespoon into well greased muffin rings. Bake in hot oven 10 minutes. This makes 15 good-sized muffins. — Mrs. Hickox.
Muffins and Gems.
I use the same foundation for bak- ing powder muffins, Johnny cake and gems: Buttermilk for sweet milk by using 1-3 teaspoonful soda to each cup to sweeten.
Some ingredients: 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1 R T compound, 1 egg, Vz tea- spoonful salt.
Muffins. Cost.
2 T sugar $0.0052
1 R T compound 0187
1 agg 0406
y2 t salt 0002
1 c milk 0268
1% c flour 0247
2 t baking powder 0042
1 t lard for greasing 0052
Gas for baking 15 minutes 0190
1 dozen muffins cost $0.1440
To ingredients given add: 1 cupful milk, 1% cupfuls flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Cream butter and su- gar, add egg, beat well, add milk, may use part water or buttermilk with 1-3 teaspoonful soda; stir thoroughly, then add baking powder and flour sifted together, beat well, put in hot greased muffin rings and bake 15 minutes in hot oven. Makes 12 muf- fins.— Mrs. L. M. Welch.
Baking Powder Biscuits.
2 c flour $0.0282
4 t baking powder 0084
1 t salt 0003
2 T Crisco 0174
% c milk 0119
Gas, 20 minutes 0157
Two dozen biscuits cost $0.0809
Or 5% cents per dozen.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together twice. Work in the shortening with tips of fingers. Add the milk gradually, mixing with a
knife to a soft dough. Toss on a floured board, roll to Vz inch thick- ness. Shape with a biscuit cutter and place on a greased tin. Bake in a hot oven from 12 to 15 minutes. This makes 24 biscuits. — Mrs. G. Spencer.
1 c milk $0.0268
1 c flour 0145
1 egg 0400
1 T butter 0156
y2 t salt 0002
Fuel to bake 0230
Cost for 1 dozen $0.1197
Beat well together and bake in hot gem pans; makes one dozen. — Jessie A. Fox, Astoria, Or.
Baking Powder Biscuits.
Cost. 4 c flour $0.0564
2 T lard 0188
1 t salt 0003
1 c buttermilk 0094
1-3 t soda 0002
4 t baking powder 0084
Gas, 15 minutes 0190
20 biscuits cost $0.1125
Or 7y2 cents per dozen.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl, rub the lard through the flour thoroughly. Dis- solve soda in buttermilk and beat till it gives a hollow sound, and add the flour. Mix as little as possible, roll out and cut on floured board. Bake 15 minutes in hot oven. — Mrs. Lulu M. Welch, 1351 East Lincoln street.
Biscuits. Cost.
2 c flour $0.0282
3 t baking powder 0063
% t salt 0001
iy2 T shortening 0141
2-3 c milk 0179
Gas to bake 0190
30 biscuits cost $0.0856
Or 3.6c per dozen.
Two cupfuls flour, 2V2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, % teaspoonful salt, sift all together. Cut into this 1% tablespoonfuls shortening and pour into it two-thirds cupful of milk, stir- ring quickly. Roll % inch thick, cut into biscuits with a 2-inch cutter. Bake quickly for 10 minutes. This makes 30 delicious biscuits. — Mrs. Hickox.
War Bread
Entire Wheat Bread.
Cost. 1 qt. Albers' whole wheat flour $0.0592 3 T sugar 0078
1 t salt ; 0003
% cake yeast 0041
2 T warm water, gas 0220
One loaf bread costs $0.0934
Sift flour, sugar and salt. Mix with
enough warm water to make a batter as stiff as can be stirred. Dissolve the yeast in 2 tablespoonfuls warm water; add to batter. Beat for 10 minutes. Let rise over night. In morning beat again. Put in greased pans; let rise again, and bake in mod- erate oven one hour. — Mrs. A. Lind- berg, Rex, Or.