Fried Drop Cakes

1 1/3 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

34 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 egg

1 teaspoon melted butter

Beat egg until light; add milk, dry ingredients mixed and sifted, and melted butter. Drop by spoonfuls in hot, new, deep fat; fry until light brown and cooked through, which must at first be determined by piercing with a skewer, or breaking apart. Remove with a skimmer, and drain on brown paper.

Rye Drop Cakes

2/3 cup rye meal

2/3 cup flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons molasses

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk gradually, molasses, and egg well beaten. Cook same as Fried Drop Cakes.