Mellin’s Food with Condensed Milk
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of Mellin’s Food and 1 tablespoon of condensed milk.
Add 1 pint of hot water (not boiling) and stir until well mixed.
Adjust the amounts of Mellin’s Food and condensed milk as needed for the infant's age and appetite.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Mellin’s food
- Forms the thickened base of the mixture when stirred into hot water.
- Condensed milk
- Adds sweetness and a creamy body to the mixture.
The step that matters
Add hot water that is not boiling. Hot but not boiling water helps the powder and condensed milk dissolve and blend smoothly. Stirring while adding the water helps prevent lumps forming as the starch hydrates.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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