The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant

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Author

Wells, Robert

Title

The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant Including a Large Variety of Modern Recipes

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Produced by Cindy Horton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Bread

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53627

Release Date

November 28, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE BREAD AND BISCUIT BAKER’S AND SUGAR-BOILER’S ASSISTANT
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. — Chemistry as applied to Bread-Making. — Fermentation. — Process of Bread-Making. — Brown Bread.
6. 6.II. GENERAL REMARKS ON BAKING. — Essentials of Good Bread-Making. — German Yeast and Parisian Barm. — American Patent Yeast. — Good or Bad Flour. — Alum in Bread. — Butter for Pastry and Cakes.
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.III. BREAD, TEA CAKES, BUNS, ETC. — 1.—To make Home-made Bread. — 2.—Bread-making by the Old Method. — 3.—Modern Way of making Bread. — 4.—Scotch Style of making Bread. — 5.—Home-made Whole Meal Bread. — 6.—Whole Meal Bread. — 7.—Unfermented, or Diet Bread. — 8.—Rye Bread. — 9.—Coarse Bread. — 10.—Germ Flour Bread. — 11.—Tea-Cakes. — 12.—Queen’s Bread. — 13.—Sally Luns, Yorkshire, or Tea Cakes. — 14.—Muffins. — 16.—Crumpets. — 17.—Oatmeal Cake. — 18.—Bath Buns. — 20.—Hot Cross Buns. — 21.—Chelsea Buns. — 22.—Balmoral Cakes. — 23.—Balloon or Prussian Cakes. — 24.—Saffron Buns. — 25.—Cinnamon Buns. — 26.—Jubilee Buns. — 27.—German Buns. — 28.—Common German Buns (for wholesale purposes). — 29.—London Buns. — 30.—Penny Queen Cakes. — 31.—Patent Flour. — 32.—Penny Rice Cakes. — 33.—Cocoanut Cakes. — 34.—Albert Cakes.
9. 9.IV. GINGERBREAD, PARKINGS, SHORTBREAD, ETC. — 35.—Queen’s Gingerbread. — 36.—German Gingerbread. — 37.—Spiced Gingerbread. — 38.—Scarborough Gingerbread (for wholesale purposes). — 39.—Ginger Cakes. — 40.—Prepared Treacle. — 41.—Prepared Treacle for Thick Gingerbread. — 42.—Laughing or Fun Nuts. — 43.—Grantham or White Gingerbread. — 44.—Spice Nuts. — 47.—Light Gingerbread. — 48.—Italian Jumbles, or Brandy Snaps. — 49.—Halfpenny Gingerbread Squares. — 50.—Hunting Nuts. — 51.—Parkings. — 53.—Parking Cake. — 54.—Scotch Shortbread. — 55.—English Shortbread. — 56.—French Shortbread.
10. 10.V. HARD BISCUITS. — 57.—Machine-made Biscuits. — 58.—Ship Biscuits. — 59.—Captains’ Biscuits. — 60.—Thick Captains. — 61.—Abernethy Biscuits. — 62.—Abernethys as made in London. — 63.—Usual Way of making Abernethy Biscuits. — 64.—Wine Biscuits. — 65.—Soda Biscuits. — 66.—Boston Lemon Crackers. — 67.—Pic-Nics. — 68.—Common Pic-Nics. — 69.—Luncheon Biscuits. — 70.—Digestive Biscuits. — 72.—Small Arrowroot Biscuits. — 73.—Coffee Biscuits. — 74.—Victoria Biscuits. — 75.—Shell Biscuits. — 76.—York Biscuits. — 77.—Machine Biscuits. — 78.—Bath Oliver Biscuits. — 79.—Edinburgh Biscuits. — 80.—Nursery Biscuits. — 81.—Soda Biscuits.
11. 11.VI. FANCY BISCUITS, ALMONDS, ETC. — 82.—Digestive Biscuits. — 83.—Kent Biscuits. — 84.—Imperial or Lemon Biscuits. — 85.—Venice Biscuits. — 86.—Shrewsbury Biscuits. — 89.—Peruvian Biscuits. — 90.—Currant Fruit Biscuits. — 91.—Snowdrop Biscuits. — 92.—Rice Biscuits. — 93.—Genoa and Toulouse Biscuits, Exhibition Nuts and Marseillaise Biscuits. — 94.—Walnut Biscuits. — 95.—Queen’s Drops. — 96.—Cracknel Biscuits. — 97.—Premium Drops. — 98.—German Wafers. — 99.—Crimp, or Honeycomb Biscuits. — 100.—Hermit Biscuits. — 101.—Italian Macaroons. — 102.—Common Macaroons. — 103.—French Macaroons. — 104.—Ratafias. — 105.—Princess Biscuits. — 106.—Rusks. — 107.—Rock Almonds (White). — 108.—Rock Almonds (Pink). — 109.—Rock Almonds (Brown). — 110.—Almond Fruit Biscuits. — 111.—Meringues. — 113.—Common Drop Biscuits. — 114.—Savoy Biscuits. — 115.—French Savoy Biscuits. — 116.—Judges’ Biscuits. — 117.—Lord Mayor’s Biscuits. — 118.—Fruit Biscuits. — 119.—Palais Royal Biscuits. — 120.—Rice Biscuits. — 121.—Scarborough Water Cakes. — 122.—Sponge Biscuits. — 123.—Almond Sponge Biscuits. — 124.—Naples Biscuits.
12. 12.VII. PASTRY, CUSTARDS, ETC. — 125.—Butter for Puff Paste. — 126.—Puff Paste. — 128.—Crisp Tart Paste. — 129.—Sweet Tart Paste. — 130.—Paste for a Baked Custard. — 131.—Paste for small Raised Pies. — 132.—To make a handsome Tartlet. — 133.—Nelson Cake or Eccles Cake. — 134.—To make a Custard. — 135.—Common Custard.
13. 13.VIII. FRUIT CAKES, BRIDE CAKES, ETC. — 136.—Directions for mixing Cakes made with Butter. — 138.—London Way of mixing Cakes. — 140.—Citron Cake. — 141.—Common Fruit Cake. — 142.—Pound Cakes. — 143.—Seed Cakes. — 144.—Two and Three Pound Cakes. — 145.—Another Seed Cake. — 146.—Four and Six Pound Cakes. — 147.—Bride Cakes. — 148.—Icing Sugar for Bride Cakes, &c. — 149.—Almond Icing for Bride Cakes. — 150.—Wedding Cake. — 151.—Rich Twelfth Cake. — 152.—Madeira Cakes. — 153.—Plum Cake. ( As made for best shops in Edinburgh. ) — 154.—Genoa Cake. — 155.—Rice Cake ( Scotch Mixture ). — 156.—Madeira Cake ( Scotch Mixture ). — 157.—Pond Cake or Dundee Cake. — 158.—Silver Cake. — 159.—Gold Cake. — 160.—Plum Cake at 6d. per lb. ( As sold by Grocers. ) — 163.—Mystery, or Cheap Plum Cake at 3d. per lb. — 164.—Plum Cake at 4d. per lb. — 165.—Lafayette Cakes. — 166.—American Genoa Cake. — 167.—Lemon Cake. — 168.—Bristol Cake. — 169.—Jubilee Cakes.
14. 14.IX. HANDY WHOLESALE RECIPES FOR SMALL MASTERS. — 170.—Soda Cakes or Scones. — 171.—Currant or Milk Scones. — 172.—Sugar or White Spice Biscuits. — 173.—Halfpenny Scotch Cakes. — 174.—Large Square Penny Albert Cake. — 175.—Brandy Snaps. — 176.—Nonpareil Biscuits. — 177.—Common Halfpenny Queen Cake. — 178.—Halfpenny Lunch Cake. — 179.—Polkas or Halfpenny Sponges.
15. 15.Untitled
16. 16.X. CONFECTIONS IN SUGAR-BOILING. — 180.—Clarifying Sugar. — 181.—Testing Sugar. — To boil Sugar to the different degrees. — 188.—To boil Sugar by the Thermometer. — 189.—Barley Sugar. — 190.—Barley Sugar Drops. — 191.—Acid Drops. — 192.—Pine-apple Drops. — 193.—Poppy Drops. — 194.—Ginger Drops. — 195.—Cayenne Drops. — 196.—Ginger Candy. — 197.—Lemon Candy. — 198.—Peppermint Candy. — 199.—Rose Candy. — 200.—Burnt Almonds. — 201.—Cast Sugar Drops. — 202.—Rose Drops. — 203.—Orange-flower Drops. — 204.—Chocolate Drops. — 205.—Coffee Drops. — 206.—Barberry Drops. — 207.—Peppermint Drops. — 208.—Pine-apple Drops. — 209.—Vanilla Drops. — 210.—Ginger Drops. — 211.—Lemon Drops. — 212.—Orange Drops. — 213.—Pear Drops. — 214.—Lavender, Violet, Musk, and Millefleur Drops. — 215.—Pink Burnt Almonds. — 216.—Philadelphia Caramels. — 217.—Boston Chips. — 218.—Engagement Favours. — 219.—Almond Hardbake. — 220.—To make Gum Paste. — 221.—To spin a Silver Web. — 222.—To spin a Gold Web. — 223.—A Spun Sugar Pyramid. — 224.—To spin a Gold Sugar Crocanth. — 225.—To spin a Gold Cup. — 226.—A Spun Sugar Bee-hive. — 227.—To Ornament a Bee-hive.
17. 17.XI. COLOURING SUGAR. — 228.—To prepare Sugar for Colouring. — 229.—To colour Sugar. — 230.—Blue Colouring. — 231.—Carmine Colouring. — 232.—Green Colouring. — 234.—Orange Colouring. — 235.—Red Colouring. — 236.—Yellow Colouring.
18. 18.XII. LOZENGES. — 237.—Peppermint Lozenges. — 238.—Rose Lozenges. — 239.—Ginger Lozenges. — 240.—Transparent Mint Lozenges. — 241.—Cinnamon Lozenges. — 242.—Clove Lozenges. — 243.—Nutmeg Lozenges. — 244.—Lavender Lozenges. — 245.—Vanilla Lozenges. — 246.—Brilliants.
19. 19.XIII. ICE CREAMS. — 247.—Vanilla Ice Cream. — 248.—Bisque or Biscuit Glace. — 249.—Crushed Strawberry Ice Cream. — 250.—Hokey Pokey. — 251.—Cocoanut Ice.
20. 20.XIV. PRESERVING FRUITS. — 252.—Large Strawberries. — 253.—Strawberry Jam. — 254.—Raspberry Jelly. — 255.—Black Currant Jelly. — 256.—Red Currant Jam. — 257.—Apple Jelly. — 258.—Gooseberry Jam. — 259.—Orange Marmalade.
21. 21.XV. CHOCOLATE. — 260.—General Directions for Making Chocolate. — 261.—Chocolate Harlequin Pistachios. — 262.—Chocolate Drops with Nonpareils. — 263.—Chocolate in Moulds.
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.INDEX.

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