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Rye Muffins

• 2 Cupfuls of Flour
• 1 Cupful of Rye Meal
• 3 Tablespoonfuls of Sugar
• ½ Teaspoonful of Salt
• ⅓ Cupful of Yeast or
• 1 Yeast Cake dissolved in Water

Mix with warm water at night. In the morning add one-quarter teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of boiling water; stir well. Bake in a gem-pan for twenty or thirty minutes.

Breakfast Sally Lunn

• 1 Egg
• 1 Quart of Flour
• Piece of Butter the size of an Egg
• 4 Tablespoonfuls of Sugar
• 2 Teacupfuls of Milk
• 2 Teaspoonfuls of Cream of Tartar
• 1 Teaspoonful of Soda
• A little Salt

Mix salt, sugar, cream of tartar and soda, with the flour. Beat the egg, stir into it the melted butter and milk. Stir all together and bake in a muffin pan, fifteen or twenty minutes.

Sour Milk Biscuits

• 1 Pint of Flour
• 1 Teaspoonful of Lard
• 1 Teaspoonful of Soda
• ½ Teaspoonful of Salt
• 1 Cupful of Sour Milk

Put lard and salt into the flour and soda with the