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Hootsla ( Egg Bread)
 
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 8 Minutes
Ready In: 13 Minutes
Servings: 6
A frugal Pennsylvania Dutch recipe. From the US Regional Cookbook, Chicago Culinary Arts Institute, 1947.
Ingredients:
10 slices of day-old bread
3 eggs, beaten until light
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup butter (bacon grease is tasty) or 1/3 cup other fat (bacon grease is tasty)
salt and pepper
Directions:
1. Heat the butter or fat in a skillet.
2. Cut the bread into cubes and brown in melted butter or fat.
3. Beat eggs and milk together; add salt and pepper.
4. Pour over bread and fry until brown.
5. Serve while hot.
By RecipeOfHealth.com