Pour over

Two and one-half cups boiling water.

Now add

One and one-half cups sour milk or water,
One cup of flour,
One teaspoon salt,
Two level tablespoons baking powder,
Four tablespoons syrup or sugar,
One egg.

Beat to mix, pour in well-greased baking dish and bake in hot oven for
forty minutes.


SOUTHERN SPOON BREAD

The success of making and baking this delicacy depends entirely upon
a thorough beating of the batter and a hot oven. The southern mammy
invariably uses the coarse white oatmeal, but you may use the yellow
and obtain just as good results.

Place one quart of boiling water in a saucepan and then add one
teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of shortening and one and
one-half cupfuls of cornmeal. Pour the meal in slowly, and just as
soon as it boils remove from the fire and let cool. Now add