From the 1910 page
1 egg ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup thin cream ¼ cup milk ½ cup fine oatmeal 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt
Beat egg until light, add sugar, cream, and milk; then add oatmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt, mixed and sifted. Toss on a floured board, roll, cut in shape, and bake in a moderate oven.
Sources: Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910) ↗
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Fannie Merritt Farmer · 1910
Primary historical text, from the 1910 revised edition whose title page is included in the transcription. Digitization by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; source images supplied by the Internet Archive.
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