Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

One cup sugar, two eggs, one pint equal parts sour cream and

buttermilk, one teaspoon soda, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste, flour

sufficient for a soft dough. If sour cream is not at hand, use

sufficient shortening to make it equal.

DOUGHNUTS. MAUD STOLTZ.

One and one-half cup sugar, two eggs, three tablespoonfuls melted

lard, one cup milk, one teaspoon soda.

DOUGHNUTS. MRS. J. S. REED.

One cup sweet milk, one cup sugar, four eggs, two teaspoons baking

powder. Beat the eggs and sugar well; then add milk and flour. Mix

soft, not stiff. Fry carefully.

CRULLERS. MRS. C. H. WILLIAMS.

One cup sugar, three eggs, one-half cup milk, butter the size of a

walnut, three teaspoonfuls baking powder. Fry in lard.

CREAM CRULLERS. MRS. C. H.

One and one-half cups sugar, one cup milk, two eggs, butter the size

of an egg, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix in enough flour to

roll out soft. Fry in hot lard.

SOFT GINGER CAKES. MRS. J. S. REED.

One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of lard or butter, four

cups of flour, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon of salt, one

teaspoon of ginger, two teaspoons of soda, one tablespoon of cinnamon.

Bake in gem pans. Add soda the last thing; beat well.

GINGER CAKES. MRS. P. G. HARVEY.

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of lard, one and

a half cups of boiling water, one tablespoon of soda, one tablespoon

of ginger, four cups of flour; mix, and drop from a spoon into a

dripping pan.

CHEAP COOKIES. MRS. BELLE BLAND.

One teaspoonful of baking powder mixed in flour, two cups of white

sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of

soda dissolved in the milk, one cup of chopped hickory nuts. Take

enough flour to mix very stiff, and bake in a quick oven.

COOKIES. MRS. L. M. DENISON.

Two cups sugar, one cup butter, two eggs, one teaspoon soda in two

Page 58