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BREAD AND BREAD MAKING
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Health Food Muffins

1 cup warm wheat mush 1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 yeast cake
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup lukewarm water
21/4 cups flour

Mix first four ingredients, add yeast cake dissolved in lukewarm water, and flour; then knead. Cover, and let rise over night. In the morning cut down, fill buttered gem pans two-thirds full, again let rise and bake in a moderate oven. This mixture, when baked in a loaf, makes a delicious bread.

Squash Biscuits

1/2 cup squash (steamed and sifted) 1/4 yeast cake dissolved in
1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup scalded milk 21/2 cups flour

Add squash, sugar, salt, and butter to milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake and flour; cover, and let rise over night. In morning shape into biscuits, let rise, and bake.

Imperial Muffins

1 cup scalded milk 13/4 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar 1 cup corn meal
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter
1/3 yeast cake dissolved in 1/4 cup lukewarm water

Add sugar and salt to milk; when lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake, and one and one-fourth cups flour. Cover, and let rise until light, then add corn meal, remaining flour, and butter. Let rise over night; in the morning fill buttered muffin rings two-thirds full; let rise until rings are full and bake thirty minutes in hot oven.

Dry Toast

Cut stale bread in one-fourth inch slices. Crust may or may not be removed. Put slices on wire toaster, lock toaster and place over clear fire to dry, holding some distance from coals; turn and dry other side. Hold nearer to coals and