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One pint of flour, measured before sifting ; one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one scant tablespoonful of lard and butter mixed, and a scant cup of sweet milk; mix flour and baking powder together; then rub into the mixture the butter and lard; wet with the milk, and after stirring the dough into the form of a smooth ball, roll it out an inch thick upon a board lightly sprinkled with flour. Cut out the biscuits and place them a little distance apart on lightly buttered pans, and bake about fifteen minutes. This receipt is for a small family. MAMMY SILVY'S BEATEN BISCUITS. One quart of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, a good pinch of baking powder and one tablespoonful of lard and butter mixed, dropped in the flour. Work it all The Complete Cook Book. 203 together well and mix it very stiff with three-quarters cup of milk and one-quarter cup of water. It should just stick together, as it softens with beating. Beat until it blisters and pops and is smooth as satin. Cut out in very small biscuits and stick each one with a fork three times. MY MOTHER'S BUTTERMILK AND SODA BISCUITS. One pint of flour, one heaping tablespoonful of lard, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one-quarter teaspoonful of soda. Mix thoroughly and make up with a little less than a cup of buttermilk. If the milk is not sour enough put into it a pinch of cream of tartar. Make up after lunch and leave out a little flour to work into them again just before supper — the more you work and knead them the better they are. Roll out one-quarter of an inch thick and bake in a hot oven. This recipe cannot be excelled. SWEDISH ROLLS. Take biscuit dough, roll it out, butter it and sprinkle over it sugar and cinnamon, and roll up like a jelly roll. With a sharp knife cut it in two an inch wide; put each piece cut side down in buttered tins; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake in a quick oven. EGG BREAD OR CORN PONE. One-half cup of corn meal, one cup of flour, one egg, one tablespoonful of butter, one scant teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda (sifted with the flour), one teaspoonful of salt and one cup of sweet milk. Sugar may be added if liked. Mix flour, butter, sugar and yolk of egg together; add com meal, salt and milk, and the white of egg last. If you omit sugar, buttermilk is as nice as sweet milk. MOTHER R.'S CORN MEAL MUFFINS. One-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one scant cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one cup of corn meal, two eggs, one teaspoonful of salt and two 204 The Complete Cook Book. teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix meal, sugar, salt and butter at night. Scald it and allow to swell until morning. Next morning sift the baking powder into the flour, and add it to the corn-meal mixture. Now add the beaten yolks and thin it with the sweet milk. Just before baking add the whites of the eggs, beaten dry and stiff. Bake in iron gems in a hot oven. Omit the sugar if you do not like it. PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.