The royal baker and pastry cook : $b A manual of practical cookery

bake in good hot oven 15 minutes. =Potato Muffins.=—Boil and mash 3 potatoes; add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter; beat well. Add 2 beaten eggs, ½ cup milk, flour to make a drop batter, and 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder. Bake on hot greased griddle in greased rings. =Royal Egg Muffins.=—1 quart flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 large tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 3 eggs, 1¼ pints milk. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and powder; rub in the butter; add the beaten eggs and milk; mix quickly into a smooth batter, a little firmer than for griddle cakes; ⅔ fill cold, carefully greased muffin-pans (fig. VII); bake in hot oven 15 minutes. =Sweet Muffins.=—1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 pint sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 teaspoon salt. Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk and beaten egg and butter. Beat hard, bake in greased muffin-pans. =Butter Cakes.=—Mix 1 quart flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Rub in 3 tablespoons butter. Mix to a soft dough with milk, roll out ¾ inch thick, cut in round cakes. Lay on a moderately hot greased griddle, and when pale brown turn and brown on other side. Tear open, butter liberally, and send to table. =Gems.=—1 pint flour, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 3 teaspoons melted butter, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Mix as for muffins, adding beaten whites last; bake in hot, well-greased iron gem-pans. =Royal Graham Gems.=—1½ pints Graham flour, ½ pint Indian corn meal, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1¼ pints milk. Sift together Graham flour, corn meal, salt, and powder. Add the milk, and mix into a moderately stiff batter. ½ fill cold gem-pans (fig. X), well greased. Bake in a solid hot oven 10 to 12 minutes. =Rice Gems.=—1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1 cup cold boiled rice, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix as for