Breads/Biscuits Blue Ribbon Yeast Bread

blue ribbon yeast bread
(from Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agriculture Society, Blue Ribbon Winners at the Wisconsin State Fair of 1860)

Ingredients:

flour
1 qt. boiling water
1 pint cold water
1 teacup homemade yeast
pinch of saleratus​

Instructions:

Sift the requisite flour into a dish, scald with 1 qt. of boiling water, add a pint of cold water, take 1 tea-cup of yeast, add a small quantity of saleratus to prevent souring, mix stiff and let it rise. When light, mould it into convenient loaves and bake.​
First Place - Blue Ribbon Recipe by Miss S. J. Peffer.
 

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