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Breakfast rolls (No. 2) archival citation card

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Breakfast rolls (No. 2)

Breakfast rolls (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of suga.

BreakfastBrunchVegetarianOvenPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep15 min
Est. cook20 min
Est. serves4
Total35 min
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Source ingredient cues

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  • Sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of sugar, a cup of warm milk, two tablespoonfuls of melted cottolene or other fat, and two beaten eggs.
  • Dissolve a quarter of a cake of compressed yeast in a little warm milk and beat in last of all.

Historical transcription

Source method

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    Sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of sugar, a cup of warm milk, two tablespoonfuls of melted cottolene or other fat, and two beaten eggs. Dissolve a quarter of a cake of compressed yeast in a little warm milk and beat in last of all. Set the dough in a bowl to rise until morning. Early in the morning make quickly and lightly into rolls, and set to rise near the range for twenty minutes. Bake for about an hour.

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