Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of molasses
• 1 cup of lard
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 heaping teaspoons of soda
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of cloves
• 1 qt. of flour
• 1 cup water

Method

1. 1

   Mix molasses and lard, add sugar, eggs, soda, cinnamon, cloves, flour, and water.

2. 2

   Let stand for 2 hours before rolling.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 24 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 382. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 teaspoon of cinnamon, • 1 cup molasses, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons bak- ing powder, 2 cups oatmeal, J^ cup each of raisins and currants. — Mrs. Frederic Sharp, 700 S. 3rd Ave., Maywood, 111. PEANUT COOKIES.— Mix together 1 cup* sugar, 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 cup chopped peanuts. — Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Oak Glen, 111. RAISIN COOKIES.— Mix together V4 cups brown sugar, % cup sour milk, 1 cup stoned raisins, 1 tablespoon cream, ^2 tea- spoon soda, K teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3 cups flour, roll 54-inch thick. — Mrs. Chas. Kearns, Niles Center, 111. COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 559 ROCKS. — Cream together 1 cup butter and 1^4 cups sugar; add 3 beaten eggs, 2 cups of cream, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, ^ tea- spoon of allspice, 1 teaspoon of soda, dissolved in a little water and 2 teaspoons of baking powder, sifted in 2y2 cups flour, T lb. dates and 1 lb. of English walnuts, each cut fine. Stir all thor- oughly together and drop on buttered tins. Bake in a quick oven 12 minutes.— Mrs. C. K. Wurtz, 216 S. 2nd Ave., Maywood, 111. GERMAN "S" COOKIES.— Beat J^ lb. of butter, the yolks of 5 eggs and 1 cup of sugar about I/2 an hr. Add 1 teaspoon of lemon extract, 2 cups of flour and }i teaspoon of powdered am- monia. Shape like the letter "S." Let stand over night. The next morning beat the white of an egg in one. dish; in another have ready 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and ^ cup of sugar. Take each cooky, put it in the white of the egg and sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon. Bake in a moderate oven. — Mrs, Schmalz- ried, Maywood, 111. SCOTCH SHORTBREAD.— 2 lbs. flour, 1 lb. butter, (1/2 lb. butter and ^ lb, lard may be used), ^2 lb, brown sugar. Cream butter and sugar together; add flour. Mix ingredients thoroughly, but add no liquid. Roll thin and cut in small cakes. — Mrs. C. E. MacDarrow, Niles, 111. SWEDISH COOKIES.— Cream together 1 lb. of butter, 1 large cup sugar and 2 eggs, well beaten. Flavor with almond extract, and flour enough to make stiff. Roll and cut. Bake. — Alice E. Nelson, 404 S. 1st Ave., Maywood, 111. SWEET CRACKERS.— Mix 1 cup of lard and U/z K:ups of sugar together; add 2 well-beaten eggs, 1 pt. of sweet milk, 3 tablespoons of baking ammonia, and 5 cents worth of lemon oil, and make a stiff dough. Roll thin as pie-crust, cut in squares and stick with a stiff dough. These crackers will keep for months. — Mrs. J. C. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111, TEA CAKES. — Mix together V/s cups each of molasses and lard; add 1 cup white sugar, 2 eggs, 2 heaping teaspoons of soda, 1 teaspoon each of cinanmon and cloves, 1 qt, of flour, 1 cup water

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