Bread & Rolls

Recipes

Breads & Rolls

Orange Bread	Bran Bread	Corn Bread	Groom's Cake
Grandma Ruth's Dumplings	Grandma Carpenter's Ginger Bread

Ruth Dahnke, Farm Abilene, Kansas

Ruth Dahnke's Orange Bread

Ruth Dahnke is Barb' Grandmother. She lived most of her life in Abilene, Kansas. When her husband Roy Dahnke passed away, she moved to the family farm where she spent many hours preparing food for the farm workers. She was famous for her down home cooking.

2 large oranges
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 egg

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Grind orange rind and boil in salted water until tender. Drain and ad sugar and water. Boil until like syrup. Mix flour, baking powder,, salt. Add beaten egg, mix well. Add flour mixture to orange peel syrup and mix well. Pour into bread pan and bake for 45 minutes at 350.

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Ruth Dahnke's Bran Bread

2 cups Kelloggs All - Bran
2/3 Cups Sugar
1 rounded teaspoon soda

2 cups flour
2 cups thick sour cream or buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients together.
Add Liquid a little at a time and mix well.
Bake in loaf pan 1 hour at 350

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Ruth Dahnke's Corn Bread

1 Tablespoon butter
2 eggs separated
1 cup milk
1 cup corn meal

1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon sugar
3 teaspoon baking powder

Mix all ingredients but egg whites until moist
Beat egg whites until stiff
Fold in egg whites
Bake for 15 minutes at 375

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Grandma Ruth's Grooms Cake

Grandma Ruth loved spending time with her grandkids. She is pictured here with Barb, Barb's sister Sharon and cousins Roy and Kipp Bennett. She passed on her cooking skills to the younger generations and they all like to cook.
Groom's cakes are traditionally cakes that are served to the men at a wedding, however we like to eat Grandma's with hot soup or for breakfast.

1 cup sugar	1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 cup butter	1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup currants	2 cups flour
1 cup water	1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Boil all above ingredients together for a few minutes.
Cool
Sift flour, baking powder and soda
Add and stir to other ingredients
Put into greased muffin tins
Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes

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Grandmas Ruth Dumplings

Dorothy Crum, Barb's mom, used to fix these for grandson, Dustin Milspaugh. Whenever he came for visits, he would always request that she make chicken and dumplings. Of course she would oblige.

4 tsp. baking powder	2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt	1 Tablespoon shortening
1 cup milk

Mix flour, baking powder, salt together
Add shortening and mix well
Add liquid gradually
Roll into balls and drop into broth
Cover and cook for 20 minutes without removing lid.

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Grandma Carpenters Ginger Bread

Grandma Carpenter (Mertle Bell) is Barb's great grandmother. She grew up in Abilene, Kansas. Her folks own the Carpenter Hotel which was a famous and popular boarding house. She married William H. Broughton and together they raised three daughters, Ruth, Nina and Mary.

1 cup sugar	21/2 cups flour
2 eggs	1 teaspoon soda
1 cup molasses (dark)	1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 cup shortening	1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water

Mix all the ingredients
Pour into baking pan
Bake 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until done.

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