Boastkd Wheat Cakes
Ingredients
Directions
Roast the grains of wheat in an oven until brown, similar to coffee berries.
Grind the roasted wheat in a French coffee mill.
Mix the brown flour with water to form a batter.
Cook the batter on a griddle until golden brown on both sides.
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.
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