How To Make Brown Bread, Bran Muffins, and Gluten Drop Biscuits

Brown Bread, Bran Muffins, and Gluten Drop Biscuits.

Brown Bread

Mix 1 cup each of rye meal, corn meal, graham flour, and 1 teasp salt, then stir in a mixture made of 2 cups sour milk, 1 3/4 cups sweet milk (or water), 3/4 cup molasses, and 3/4 tablesp soda. Turn into well-buttered molds and steam 3 1/2 hours.

Bran Muffin

Mix 2 cups bran and 1 cup flour, with 1/2 teasp salt, then cut in 1/4 cup butter, and chop fine with a chopping knife, so that it is well mixed with the flour. Next pour in a mixture made of 1 1/2 cups sour milk, 3 tablesp molasses and 1 teasp soda. Bake in muffin tins in hot oven.

Gluten Drop Biscuits

Mix 2 cups gluten flour with 1 teasp baking powder and 1 teasp salt, then cut in 1 tablesp butter, and stir in enough water to make a stiff batter. Drop from spoon on a buttered pan, and bake in a quick oven.