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Quick Brown Bread

A quick brown bread made from meal, flour, baking powder, salt, lard, and warm water, baked until golden.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Quick Brown Bread

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. In a large bowl, combine the meal, baking powder, flour, salt, and lard.

  2. Gradually add warm water to form a medium batter.

Bake

  1. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan.

  2. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) until golden brown.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Meal
Forms the main body of the bread, giving it its bulk and structure.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter, helping the bread rise.
Flour
Adds structure, helping the batter hold together as it bakes.
Lard
Adds fat, contributing tenderness and a richer texture.

“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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