This section is from the book "Cookery From Experience", by Sara T. Paul. Also available from Amazon: Cookery From Experience.
Three eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, one quart of milk, a quarter of a pound of butter, two tablespoonsful of homemade yeast (more, if it is baker's), a tablespoon heaping full of sugar, flour enough to form a stiff batter, and a little salt. Warm the butter and milk together. When milk-warm, add the yeast, then the yolks of the eggs, then the flour, and last the whites; mix well together, and let it stand to rise four or five hours; then beat it up, pour it into the pan or Turk's head, and bake three-quarters of an hour. Serve hot.
A quarter of a pound of butter, one quart of milk, three tablespoons even full of sugar, half a teacup of yeast, the yolks of three eggs, and flour enough to make a stiff batter; then the whites of the eggs beaten very light; when light, which will be in four or five hours, beat it up, put in buttered pans, and let it rise three-quarters of an hour more.
One pint of milk, three eggs beaten separately, one table-spoonful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt and three pints of flour, half a teacup of yeast, a piece of butter the size of an egg, warmed in the milk; mix all together in the morning, if it is wanted for tea; when light, stir it down, pour into the pan and let it rise again. If all in one, bake nearly an hour.
One quart of flour, half a pint of milk, two eggs beaten light, a piece of butter the size of an egg, a tablespoonful of sugar, a teaspoonful of soda and two of cream of tartar; beat the eggs, add the milk, soften the butter and stir in it, then the sugar, then the flour with the cream of tartar in it dry; then beat all well together, and add the soda dissolved in a teaspoonful of warm water; pour into pans, bake twenty minutes.
 
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