1912: Sperry Flour Co. Cook Book
Flour-Cereal Cook Book
Sperry Flour Co., Stockton California
4th Revised Edition, 1912, Containing Recipes by Expert Chefs and General Information on Domestic Science and Food Value in Flour.
Hot Cross Buns
Sift together one quart SPERRY FLOUR, half a teaspoon salt, one cup sugar, 4 scant teaspoons of baking powder or two teaspoons cream tartar, one teaspoon soda; rub in half a cup of butter, then add half a teaspoon of nutmeg, half a teaspoon allspice and two beaten eggs; add half a cup of milk and stir into the dry mixture, adding more milk, enough to mix a firm dough. Mould into round buns, lay two inches apart on greased pans; brush with milk; cut a cross on each; sprinkle cut with granulated sugar; bake in hot oven.
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Egg Biscuit
Mix and sift well together 1 pint SPERRY FLOUR, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder. Beat 1 egg, add 1/2 cup milk, stir into dry mixture, add in more milk if necessary to mix to soft dough. Turn out on board, knead for a moment, cut into circles, place 1 inch apart on greased pans. Brush with little beaten egg, and bake in very hot oven.
Pastry for One Pie
1 heaping cup SPERRY FLOUR. 1 saltspoon salt. 1 saltspoon baking powder. 1/3 to 1/2 cup butter and lard mixed.
Mix the baking powder and salt with the flour, and rub in the lard. Mix quite stiff with cold water. Roll out, put the butter on the paste in little pieces and sprinkle with flour. Fold over and roll out. Roll up like a jelly roll. Divide in two parts and roll to fill the plate.
Plain Ice Cream
Scald 1 pint milk; mix 1 cup sugar with 2 tablespoons SPERRY FLOUR, pinch salt, and 2 beaten eggs. Add to hot milk, stir over fire till thick and smooth, cover and cook 20 minutes. Strain and cool. Add 1 pint cream, flavoring desired, and freeze. One can condensed milk and 1 cup milk may be mixed and added in place of cream. Very good ice cream may be made without the addition of any cream.
The original 1912 original booklet is available, Sperry Flour Co. Cook Book, Flour-Cereal Cook Book. The booklet is in fair condition with slight chips, crease on cover, edges rubbed and bumped, spots, staining, and mellowed interior. All pages present. 64-pages.
