Rye Drop Cakes
Recipe from The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook
OtherOtherEasy30 minBy Northstar
Ingredients
Servings
4
- 2/3 cup rye meal
- 2/3 cup flour
- 0.5 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons
- molasses
- 21/2 teaspoons
- baking powder
Instructions
- 1
Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl.
- 2
Gradually stir in the milk.
- 3
Add the beaten eggs and molasses and mix well.
- 4
If the batter is too thin, add a little more rye and/or plain flour to thicken to a firm batter, if it is too thick, add a little more milk.
- 5
Get your lard or oil hot before dropping in the first batch.
- 6
Drop by spoonfuls into hot fat (350 degrees) and let them bob until they are brown.
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