Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

1 cupful of sugar, 2 tablespoonsful of cocoa, 4 tablespoonsful of boiling water. Put the butter into an agate dish on the stove; when melted, stir in the cocoa and sugar dry; add boiling water and stir until smooth. Add vanilla to taste. VIRGINIA DOUGHNUTS Two eggs beaten light, Two cups of sugar, Three level tablespoonsful of melted butter, One cup of sour milk (if sweet milk is used, add one teaspoonful of cream of tartar), Four cups of flour, One-half teaspoonful of soda. One-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, One-half teaspoonful of salt. Mix in the order given adding the dry ingredients sifted together and enough more flour to make a dough just soft enough to handle. Have the board well-floured, and the fat for frying, heating. Roll out only a little at a time, cut into rings with an open cutter. Do all the cutting before frying, as that will take your entire attention. The fat should be hot enough for the dough to rise to the top instantly. PLANTATION COOKIES 2 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, \y2 cupfuls of oatmeal, or Rolled Oats, % cupful of cocoanut, 34 teaspoonful of salt, ^ teaspoonful of vanilla, 2 tablespoonsful of butter. Cream the butter and sugar together and add the wellbeaten eggs. Add the remainder of the ingredients and drop on a well greased baking-pan. Bake in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes. JELLY ROLL CAKE 4 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of flour, 1 teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar, Yz teaspoonful of soda, Pinch of salt, Iteaspoonful of extract of Lemon. Beat together eggs and sugar, add salt and extract. Stir Into the dry flour the soda and cream of tartar. Mix all together. Bake in a moderate oven, in a large pan, and turn out, when done, on a clean towiel, which has been sprinkled with powdered sugar. Spread with jelly and roll while warm. AUNT SUG'S NUT COOKIES One and one-half cups of sugar, One cup of crisco or butter. Three eggs. One tablespoonful of cinnamon. One-half teaspoonful of salt, One teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in four tablespoonful of hot water, Three cups of flour. One-cup each of raisins, currants, and English walnuts or almonds broken up. To well beaten eggs add creamed butter and sugar, cinnam.on, soda, water, flour, fruits, which must be dredged with flour, and nuts. Lastly add one teaspoonful of vanilla and drop by spoonful into greased pans. Bake in moderate oven. GINGER SNAPS One-half cup of brown sugar. One cup of molasses, One-half cup of butter, One teaspoonful of baking powder, One teaspoonful of ginger. One-half pint of flour to begin with. Put butter, powder and sugar into flour, add ginger and molasses. Add more flour if needed. Roll out thin and bake in a quick oven. MASON AND DIXON COOKIES One cup of brown sugar, One-half cup of melted shortening, One tgg, One-half cup of sweet milk, One-half teaspoonful of soda sifted with flour, One and one-half cups of flour, One-half cup of chopped raisins, One-half cup of chopped nuts, One-half teaspoonful of salt. Three squares of melted chocolate. Mix in order given and bake in moderate ovea, FRUIT CAKE