Sugar Cookies No. 1

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• i cup butter
• ^ cup milk
• 2 eggs
• i even tea-spoonful of soda
• the same of cream tartar
• nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Mix soft.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Machias Cook Book (1899) by [name missing], page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

^ cup milk, 8 eggs, (whites), i CAKE. 25 teaspoon ful cream tartar, J^ teaspoonful soda, 2j^ cups flour. Bake in layers. FROSTING FOR ABOVE. I cup sugar, 3 tablespoonfuls water, boil 7 minutes. White of i egg beaten stiff, pour the boiled sugar over the egg in a fine stream, beating all the time, when stiff add fruit in the following quantities : yi cup raisins, J^ cup figs, J/^ cup nuts. Put layer of frosting be- tween cake and on top. Save out some of the fruit and put on top of frosting. Mrs. VV. H. Allen. HARLEQUIN CAKE. 1 cup butter creamed, 2 cups sugar, 3 eggs (yolks), i cup milk, 3 cups pastry flour, i teaspoonful cream tartar, J^ teaspoonful soda, 3 eggs (whites). Mix in the order g van ; diviile into 4 parts. Have two parts color of dough. Color the third with 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted ; the fourth uith pink color- ing. Put together with lemon filling. Lemon Filling : Beat i egg, add i cup water, the grated rind and juice of i lemon. Pour this on i cup sugar mixed with 2 tub e- spoonfuls flour. Cook in double boiler till smooth like cream. Florence N. Patten. PERFECT CHOCOLATE CAKE. 2 cups sugar, i cup butter, i cup milk, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs (whites), beaten very light, I teaspoonful cream tartar, ^2 tea- spoonful soda. filling for cake. I squire of chocolate dissolved by putting over steam of tea kettle, yolks of 2 eggs, beaten and added to J^ cup milk and i % cups of sugar. Boil until as thick as mo'asses. Then add the melted chocolate. Mrs. S. M. Pennell. 26 MACHIAS COOK BOOK. FIG CAKE. I cup sugar, >^ cup butter, whites of 3 eggs, i ^ cups flour, ^ cup milk, I teaspoonful cream tartar, )^ teaspoon soda, flavoring. FILUNG. y2 lb. chopped figs, )^ cup water, i cup sugar. Cook until thick. Mrs. W. E. Boynton. CREAM CAKES. I cup water, )4 cup butter, i cup flour, 3 eggs, boil water and butter, stir in flavor, take from the stove and add the well beaten eggs, add i teaspoonful water, drop in pan and bake )4 to ^ of an hour. CORNUCOPIAS. 3 eggs, y^ cup sugar, i cup flour, i teaspoonful cream tartar, J4 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in 4 teaspoonfuls water, a little salt. Bake in cornucopia tins, roll up while warm, and when cold fill with whipped cream. Ella McCabe. COCOANUT CAKES. I grated cocoanut, i cup sugar, white of i egg, i tablespoonful flour, drop on buttered paper and bake in a quick oven. NUT WAFERS. Whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff", i cup sugar, i cup chopped nuts, 2 tablespoonfuls flour. Mix in order given and drop i teaspoon- ful in place on buttered tin. Bake. ANGEL CAKE. The whites of 11 eggs, 1^ cups of granulated sugar, i cupful of pastry flour, measured after being sifted four times, i teaspoontul of cream of tartar, i teaspoonful vanilla extract. Sift the flour and cream of tartar together. Beat the whites to a stiff" froth. Bea t CAKE. 27 the sugar into the eggs thoroughly, and add the seasoning and flour, stirring quickly and lightly. Beat until ready to put the mixture in the oven. Use a pan that has little legs at the top corners, so that when the pan is turned upside down on the table after the baking, a current of air will pass under and over it. Bake for 40 minutes in a moderate oven. Do not grease the pan. Mrs. K. Stratton. SUNSHINE CAKE. This is made almost exactly Jike angel cake. Have the whites of 1 1 eggs and the yolks of 6, i )^ cupfuls of granulated sugar measured after one sifting, i cupful of flour measured after sifting, I teaspoonful cream of tartar and i of orange extract. Beat the whites to a stiff froth and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat the yolks in a similar manner and add to them the whites and sugar and flavor. Finally, stir in the flour. Mix quickly and well. Bake for 50 minutes in a slow oven, using a pan like that for angel cake. DOUGHNUTS. RAISED DOUGHNUTS. At noon take i pint of warm milk, i cup of sugar, J^ cup of yeast, a little salt, and set a sponge, making it rather thick and quite warm. Let it rise till night, then add i cup sugar, nearly Yz cup lard, 2 eggs, ^ teaspoon soda, nutmeg, flour to knead into a soft dough. Let it rise until morning, then make up into small balls and rise till light, fry and roll in sugar. Julia Thaxtlr. DOUGHNUTS. 2 cups sugar, 3 eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls sour cream, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, 2 cups sour milk, nutmeg, salt, butter yi size of an egg. Emily Heaton. MAINE DOUGHNUTS. 2 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 5 tablespoonfuls shortening, 2 cups sour milk, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, ^ teaspoonful salt, nutmeg and lemon, just flour enough to roll. Fry in boiling lard, turn often. Roll when cold in powdered sugar. MOLASSES DOUGHNUTS. 2 cups molasses, 2 cups sour milk, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, 4 teaspoonfuls lard, ^ teaspoonful ginger and cinnamon. Mrs. L. a. Albee. DOUGHNUTS. 29 MOLASSES DOUGHNUTS. 2 cups molasses, 2 cups cold water, i teaspoonful cassia and i of salt, I tablespoonful melted lard. Flour to roll. Mrs. C. E. Preble. MOLASSES DOUGHNUTS. 3 eggs, 2 cups molasses, J^ cup sugar, 2 cups buttermilk, 2 tea- spoonfuls soda, 3 large spoonfuls melted lard, salt and nutmeg. Bertha Hanscom. OUR MOLASSES DOUGHNUTS. I cup molasses, stir in i teaspoon soda, i egg, 2 tablespoonfuls melted lard, i cup sour milk, ginger and flour. PAN CAKES. I cup sugar, 3 eggs, ^ cup sour milk, y^ cup sour cream, i teaspoon each soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon, flour enough to make quite stiff, drop in hot fat. Use raspberry shrub poured over them for a sauce. An old fashioned Fast Day dessert. Lucy T. Ames. AROOSTOOK EGGS. 3 eggs, I pint sweet milk, little salt, make a stiff batter, drop i tablespoonful in hot lard at a time, and cook same as doughnuts. COOKIES. SUGAR COOKIES No. i. 2 cups sugar, i cup butter, Yz cup milk, 2 eggs, i even tea- spoonful of soda, the same of cream tartar, nutmeg

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