Maryland Bread Recipes

Spoon Bread
Courtesy My Favorite Maryland Recipes by Helen Avalynne Tawes

A classic from Maryland's colonial times!

Ingredients:
1 stick butter
2 cups white corn meal
3 cups boiling water
5 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
3 well beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
Instructions:

Add butter to boiling water and gradually stir in corn meal. Cool. After cooling, add to the mixture the sugar, salt, eggs and milk. Mix well and pour into a buttered casserole dish. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. Serve hot. Serves 6 to 8.

Maryland Beaten Biscuits
Courtesy The Chesapeake Bay Cookbook by John Shields

These famous biscuits of the Chesapeake Bay region have been made for over 200 years! You'll get a workout with this recipe.

Ingredients:
4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. lard or shortening
1 3/4 to 2 cups cold water
1 axe or mallet

Instructions:
Sift the flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut the lard into the flour with the tips of your fingers, working it quickly. Little by little, pour in the cold water until you get a good stiff dough. Place dough on a solid table dusted with flour and make into a ball. Using the flat side of a clean axe or a mallet, beat the dough continuously until it blisters, about a 1/2 hour. This makes the biscuits tender. Form the dough into balls about the size of eggs. Flatten a little bit. Put a few pokes in the center with a fork. Bake in a hot 425° oven for 20-25 minutes. Makes 3 dozen.