Definition of Shortening bread
. . . . a fried batter bread,
the ingredients of which include
corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs,
baking powder, milk and shortening
. . . . a fried batter bread,
the ingredients of which include
corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs,
baking powder, milk and shortening
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(this author so says.....) Oct 3, 2012 ...
We all must have sang the song, "Short'nin Bread" as children. It originated among slaves working on plantations in the early 1800s. The gist of the song is that the doctor orders short'nin bread to help heal the sick children and it does work
Short'nin bread was a treat that plantation cooks could whip up easily. It only required butter, brown sugar and flour. The word short'nin bread is actually shortbread. It had been popular in England for hundreds of years. The difference with the plantation type and the English type is the brown sugar which gave the South's short'nin bread a distinctive flavor
Short'nin Bread Recipe (recreated)
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