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Meal:All Breakfast Lunch Dinner Brunch Dessert Party Picnic Snack

Diet:All Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Gluten-free Dairy-free High-protein High-fiber

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Stale bread griddle-cakes archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Stale bread griddle-cakes

Stale bread griddle-cakes, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including let two cupfuls of dry bread crumbs soak for an hour in a quart of milk.

Luncheon Rolls archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 2

Luncheon Rolls

Luncheon Rolls as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.

Rye Gems archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Rye Gems

Start the day with Farmer’s original Rye Gems method, preserved as a source transcription.

Baked milk toast archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Baked milk toast

Baked milk toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including trim off the crust from slices nearly half an inch thick.

Rich Corn Cake archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Rich Corn Cake

Start the day with Farmer’s original Rich Corn Cake method, preserved as a source transcription.

Buttered toast archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Buttered toast

Buttered toast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut the crusts from thin slices of stale bread and toast them over a clear fire to a.

Graham bread (No. 1) archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Graham bread (No. 1)

Graham bread (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including set a sponge over night, as for white bread, and in the morning work into it a cup o.

One Egg Muffins I archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 2

One Egg Muffins I

Start the day with Farmer’s original One Egg Muffins I method, preserved as a source transcription.

Buttermilk bread archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Buttermilk bread

Buttermilk bread, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including into a chopping-bowl put a quart of flour which has been sifted three times with hal.

Cream Scones archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 2

Cream Scones

Start the day with Farmer’s original Cream Scones method, preserved as a source transcription.

Corn bread made of southern meal archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 2

Corn bread made of southern meal

A page-cited historical breakfast recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Old-fashioned rye bread archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 30 min prepEst. serves 4

Old-fashioned rye bread

Marion Harland’s original method for Old-fashioned rye bread, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Raisin bread archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Raisin bread

Marion Harland’s original method for Raisin bread, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Coffee Cakes (Brioche) archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Coffee Cakes (Brioche)

Coffee Cakes (Brioche) as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.

Oatmeal cookies archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Oatmeal cookies

Marion Harland’s original method for Oatmeal cookies, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Slow-Baked Lemon Rice Pudding, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

8 min prepserves 6

Slow-Baked Lemon Rice Pudding

Milk, rice, sugar, salt, and lemon rind bake low and slow into an old-fashioned creamy pudding.

Raised Muffins archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Raised Muffins

Raised Muffins as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.

Strawberry Short Cake I archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Strawberry Short Cake I

Start the day with Farmer’s original Strawberry Short Cake I method, preserved as a source transcription.

Graham Muffins II archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Graham Muffins II

Start the day with Farmer’s original Graham Muffins II method, preserved as a source transcription.

Water Bread archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Water Bread

A measured 1910 bake built around boiling water, preserved with its original method and page citation.

Graham bread without yeast archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Graham bread without yeast

Graham bread without yeast, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including to three and one-half cups of graham flour add two cups of sour milk, one cup of new.

Milk and Water Bread archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Milk and Water Bread

Milk and Water Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.

Sour milk corn bread archival citation card

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Sour milk corn bread

Sour milk corn bread, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including together in a bowl three cups of corn-meal and one cup of graham flour.

Third Bread archival citation card

Baking Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Third Bread

Third Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.