To one quart of sweet milk, four cups of Graham flour, a teaspoonful of
salt. Stir together and beat well, the longer the better. Have the gem
pans very hot, brush well with butter, half fill them with the batter
and bake thirty-five minutes.
GEMS OF KERNEL (Middlings) AND WHITE FLOUR.
Two cups of kernel flour, two cups of white flour, four cups of milk or
two of milk and two of water, one egg; a little salt, a heaping
teaspoonful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two large
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Beat the egg very light in a bowl, add
the sugar and salt, the milk and butter, sift the flour together and
beat the batter hard for a few minutes. Have the iron gem pans very hot,
butter and fill, and bake them in a good, quick oven not less than
thirty-five minutes.