Professor Walter's Recipes of Yesteryear

Baked Johnny Cake ~ 1909

1 Egg
1 Cup Indian Meal
1/2 Cup Flour
1 Cup Milk
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Beat egg well and mix in all ingredients. Bake in a quick oven

Klondike Nuggets ~ 1909

2 Cups Cornmeal
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Pint Seeded and Chopped Rasins

Combine ingredients and pour enough boiling water to make a stiff dough. Make into cakes with the hands, about one inch thick, and fry in fat until nicely browned.

Mush Bread ~ 1909

Pint of Warm Milk
2/3 Cup Cornmeal
4 Eggs
1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Stir cornmeal into milk. Cook five minutes, remove from the fire and add the yolks of the eggs and the salt. Add the whites of the eggs, well-beaten, and bake one half hour in a quick oven.

Oatmeal Crackers ~ 1909

1/2 Pound Sugar
1/2 Ounce Lard or Butter
2 1/2 Cups Rolled Oats
3 cups flour
1/2 Cup Warm Water
Grated Rind of Lemon or Orange
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda

Combine ingredients, roll very thin and bake.

Apple Fritters ~ 1909

1 Cup Warm Milk
2 Eggs
1 Tablespoon Sugar
Sliced Cooking Apples
2 Cups Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
A Little Salt

Beat the yolks of the eggs and add sugar, milk and flour sifted with the baking powder and salt. Put in the whites of the eggs, add apple slices. Drop in hot lard. Serve warm.

Frosted Apples ~ 1909

Core and stew six large apples until the skins can be taken off easily. Then wash, stone and quarter some dates. Dip each apple in butter, cover with sugar, and fill with dates. Bake in a slow oven.