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“On Bread and Firsts”



Johnnycake
3 cups cornmeal
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons molasses
3 cups buttermilk
2 well-beaten eggs
Sift together dry ingredients. Slowly stir in molasses and buttermilk and mix well. Add beaten eggs and beat hard for two minutes. Pour into shallow, well-greased pans and bake at 400° for 30 minutes. A favorite dish of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Pictured: Farmers take to the plough in the fields beneath Mount Loafer in March-April, some fifty years after the area’s settlers arrived. Photo from The Payson Chronicle’s private collection.

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