This section is from the book "Three Hundred Favorite Recipes", by The Floral League Of The First Congregational Church. See also: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
From Mrs. J. J. Miller
One egg; beat yolk and white separately; use yolk; 1/2 teacupful brown sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls molasses, 2 level tablespoonfuls melted butter, 2 teacupfuls buttermilk or sour milk, 4 teacupfuls coarse graham flour. Stir thoroughly. One level teaspoonful soda, added just before the beaten white of egg. Stir slightly. Bake in two small loaves in a slow oven.
From Mrs. C. H. Slack
One cupful corn meal, 1 cupful rye meal, 1 cupful graham flour; mix with water or some milk; 1 cupful molasses, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 tablespoonful melted butter. Steam from 3 to 5 hours.
 
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