2 cups of flour (scant measure.)
2 cups of sweet milk.
4 eggs,
1-2 spoonful salt✪ Puff Muffins.
Beat the eggs fifteen strokes, then
add alternately the flour and milk,
have ready the pans well greased
bake for half hour in a good hot oven.
MRS. W. N. MEBANE,
Greensboro, N. C.
YEAST.
Six Irish potatoes, washed, pared,
grated to two quarts of boiling water.
Boil a few minutes stirring constantly.
Add half a cup oi salt, half a cup of
sugar, let it cool and then add ont
cup of yeast. Let it rise, stir it down,
and put in a tight jar.
MRS. G. A. PECK.
Wilmington, N. 0.
CORN BREAD.
One quart of sifted corn meal,
One quart of clabber,
One egg,
One teaspoon soda, dissolved in milk,
One tablespoon white sugar, or more
if you wish it sweeter.
A pinch of salt✪ Corn Bread.
<Stir all well together and bake.
MRS. GEO. A. PECK,
Wilmington, N. C.
KENTUCKY FLANNEL CAKES.
Beat three eggs separately, the
whites to a stiff froth.
To the beaten yolks add:
One pint sour milk,
One teaspoonful of soda.
A little salt,
Enough flour to make a stiff batter.
Beat hard until very smooth, and
then fidd two spoonfuls baking powder
and one tablespoonful sugar✪ Kentucky Flannel Cakes.
Thin by gradually beating in the
whites of the eggs.
Fry on a very hot gridiron.
AIRS. J. G. BANNER.
Those pages sire "With wisdom
fraught,
>of such as books, but such as prac-
tice taught."
CAKES.
SPONGE CAKE.
3 eggs beaten 3 minutes.
Add 1 1-2 cupfuls sugar and beat 5
minutes.
Add 1 cup of flour and beat 1 minute
more. Then 1-2 capful of warm water
and another cup of flour. Into last
cup of flour put one teaspoonful of
baking powder✪ Sponge Cake. Use lemon or vanilla.
JELLY TAKE.
1 cup sugar.
1-2 cup sweet milk.
1-2 cup butter.
2 cups flour.
2 eggs.
1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
1-2 teaspoonful of soda.
Very good.
SALLY WHITE CAKE.
1 tb flour.
1 lb butter.
1 1-4 Yb sugar.
2 cocoaimts grated.
2 lb citron cut as for fruit cake.
1 doz. eggs.
1 lb blanched almonds, powdered fine,
(almonds may be left out.)
1 nut meg.
1 tablespoonful mixed mace and cin-
namon.
1 wine glass of brandy.
1 wine glass of wine.
MRS. KIDDER.
Wilmington, N. C.
8
FRUIT CAKE,
One cup each of white sugar, butter
and cold strong coffee, eight eggs, two
tablespoons each of ground cloves,
and allspice, one of cinnamon, two
grated nutmegs, one teaspoon of soda
dissolved in pan of the coffee one
pound each of raisins, currants, figs
and half a pound each citron and
dates. (Some may be omitted and
] • ts used instead if preferred. Four
cups of flour✪ Fruit Cake, two of which are toasted
to a golden brown in the oven. Dreiee
the fruit in the remainder of the flour
mix all together, add a wine-glass of
brandy pnd bake one and one half
hours in a moderate oven.
MRS. J. A. HADLEY.
MAC( AROONS. OAT MEAL.
0 eggs.
1 1-2 cups of sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter.
2 teaspoons of baking powder.
2 1-2 cups of oatmeai.
Flavor to taste with bitter almond.
This makes a thick batter which you
drop from a teaspoon on buttered tins.
MRS. H. G. GALLAWAY.
SOFT GINGER CAKE,
2 eggs.
1 cupful sugar,
1 cupful molasses.
1 cupful butter-milk.
1-2 cupful of butter.
4 cupfuls flour,
1 teaspoonful of soda.
1 table-spoonful ginger or more if
desired.
MRS. D. VANCE PRICE.
9
SIMPLE FRUIT CAKE.
1 1-2 cups of sugar.
1-2 cup of butter.
3-4 cupfuls of sour milk.
1-2 teaspoonful of soda.
2 eggs. ,
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
2 cups of flour (scant measure.) 2 cups of sweet milk. 4 eggs,
1-2 spoonful salt.
Beat the eggs fifteen strokes, then add alternately the flour and milk, have ready the pans well greased bake for half hour in a good hot oven.
MRS. W. N. MEBANE,
Greensboro, N. C.
YEAST.
Six Irish potatoes, washed, pared, grated to two quarts of boiling water. Boil a few minutes stirring constantly. Add half a cup of salt, half a cup of sugar, let it cool and then add ont cup of yeast. Let it rise, stir it down, and put in a tight jar.
MRS. G. A. PECK. Wilmington, N. 0.
CORN BREAD.
One quart of sifted corn meal, One quart of clabber, One egg,
One teaspoon soda, dissolved in milk, One tablespoon white sugar, or more
if you wish it sweeter. A pinch of salt. <Stir all well together and bake.
MRS. GEO. A. PECK, Wilmington, N. C.
KENTUCKY FLANNEL CAKES.
Beat three eggs separately, the whites to a stiff froth. To the beaten yolks add: One pint sour milk, One teaspoonful of soda. A little salt,
Enough flour to make a stiff batter.
Beat hard until very smooth, and then fidd two spoonfuls baking powder and one tablespoonful sugar.
Thin by gradually beating in the whites of the eggs.
Fry on a very hot gridiron.
MRS. J. G. BANNER.
Those pages sire "With wisdom fraught,
>of such as books, but such as practice taught."
CAKES.
SPONGE CAKE.
3 eggs beaten 3 minutes.
Add 1 1-2 cupfuls sugar and beat 5
minutes.
Add 1 cup of flour and beat 1 minute more. Then 1-2 capful of warm water and another cup of flour. Into last cup of flour put one teaspoonful of baking powder. Use lemon or vanilla.
JELLY TAKE.
1 cup sugar.
1-2 cup sweet milk. 1-2 cup butter.
2 cups flour. 2 eggs.
1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar. 1-2 teaspoonful of soda.
Very good.
SALLY WHITE CAKE.
1 tb flour. 1 lb butter.
1 1-4 Yb sugar.
2 cocoaimts grated.
2 lb citron cut as for fruit cake. 1 doz. eggs.
1 lb blanched almonds, powdered fine, (almonds may be left out.) 1 nut meg.
1 tablespoonful mixed mace and cinnamon.
1 wine glass of brandy. 1 wine glass of wine.
MRS. KIDDER. Wilmington, N. C.
FRUIT CAKE,
One cup each of white sugar, butter and cold strong coffee, eight eggs, two tablespoons each of ground cloves, and allspice, one of cinnamon, two grated nutmegs, one teaspoon of soda dissolved in pan of the coffee one pound each of raisins, currants, figs and half a pound each citron and dates. (Some may be omitted and ] • ts used instead if preferred. Four cups of flour, two of which are toasted to a golden brown in the oven. Dreiee the fruit in the remainder of the flour mix all together, add a wine-glass of brandy pnd bake one and one half hours in a moderate oven.
MRS. J. A. HADLEY.
MAC( AROONS. OAT MEAL.
0 eggs.
1 1-2 cups of sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter.
2 teaspoons of baking powder. 2 1-2 cups of oatmeai.
Flavor to taste with bitter almond. This makes a thick batter which you drop from a teaspoon on buttered tins.
MRS. H. G. GALLAWAY.
SOFT GINGER CAKE,
2 eggs.
1 cupful sugar, 1 cupful molasses. 1 cupful butter-milk. 1-2 cupful of butter.
4 cupfuls flour,
1 teaspoonful of soda.
1 table-spoonful ginger or more if
desired.
MRS. D. VANCE PRICE.
SIMPLE FRUIT CAKE.
1 1-2 cups of sugar. 1-2 cup of butter.
3-4 cupfuls of sour milk. 1-2 teaspoonful of soda.
2 eggs. ,
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