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American Pulled Bread

Pulled bread is warm bread pulled into strips, baked until browned, served hot with soup and salad.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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American Pulled Bread

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Tear off one end of the crust from the warm loaf of bread.

  2. Pull out the crumb of the bread in strips.

  3. Place the strips on a greased baking dish.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven until browned.

  2. Serve hot with soup and salad.

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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What each ingredient does

Bread
Its crumb is pulled into strips that dry and crisp in the oven, giving a crunchy 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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