Oat Meal Gems
Ingredients
Directions
Stir two cups of sour milk or buttermilk into three cups of oat meal.
Add one teaspoon of salt, and one teaspoon of soda dissolved in a little cold water.
Bake in gem pans or in a sheet. The oven should be hot enough to bake in fifteen minutes.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Oat | 1/2 cup dry (40g) | 154 |
| Sour Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Sour milk
- Its acidity reacts with the soda to produce gas, helping the cake rise and turn tender.
- Oat meal
- Forms the bulk of the cake, giving it its body and hearty texture.
- Soda
- Reacts with the acid in the sour milk to release carbon dioxide, leavening the batter.
The step that matters
Bake in a hot oven. The oven should be hot enough to bake in fifteen minutes. A hot oven sets the batter quickly while the soda's gas is still active, so the cake rises well and does not turn dense or soggy.
“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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