This section is from the book "Eureka Cook Book", by The Ladies League of the First Congregational Church Eureka, California. Also available from Amazon: Eureka Cook Book.
Two cups sugar, 2 cups butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup currants, 4 cups flour, 1 cup walnuts, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 3 tablespoons milk.
Dissolve the soda in the milk. Do not roll out, but drop by teaspoons on buttered tins. Mrs. John Kingston.
One cup sugar, 1-2 cup butter, 1 egg, 2 tablespoon milk, 1 1-2 teaspoons baking powder, salt, 1 cup cocoanut, flour to roll out. Grandma Betterley.
One cup molasses, 1 cup brown sugar, 1-2 cup shortening, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 dessert spoon soda, 1 teaspoon black pepper, flour to make a soft dough.
Boil together the molasses, sugar and shortening, and when cold add the other ingredients. Mrs. F. C. Ziegleman.
Four eggs, 2 cups light brown sugar, 4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 big cup butter.
Beat the eggs thoroughly. Work the buter and flour together, then add the other dry ingredients and the eggs. Use very little flour in rolling out.
Mix 1 cup of pastry flour and 1-4 teaspoon salt, stir in gradually 1 scant cup of milk, makingasmooth batter, add 2 well beaten eggs, 1-2 teaspoon melted butter. Beat 2 minutes, using an egg beater. Turn into hot buttered gem pans and bake in a hot oven 25 to 40 minutes.
Miss Robertson.
Three-quarters cup butter, 1 1-2 cups sugar, 3 well beaten eggs, 1-2 cup milk, 2 1-2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup chopped walnuts, nutmeg or vanilla.
Bake in one sheet, when cool, cut into cubes and ice on 5 sides with boiled icing and flavor with lemon.Place h"5alf nut meat on each square. These are very nice for lunoheons.
Mrs. R. J. Baker.
One cup sugar, 6 tablespoons melted butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, little salt and nutmeg, flour to make a soft dough.
Roll out, cut with a small biscuit cutter, fry as you would doughnuts and roll in powdered sugar as you take them up.
Mrs. A. W. R. Berr.
Boil half cup sugar and 1-2 cup water to a thread, pour onto 3 whole eggs and 2 additional yolks. Beat together till thick and creamy. Beat till cold, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and fold in 1-2 cup flour. Bake in small tins. Quarter cup of flour may be used instead of the two extra yolks.
Boston Cook Book.
Chop to a paste or grind one cup of seeded raisins, 1 cup dried figs, add 1-2 cup sugar, grated peel of 1 orange, juice of 1 1-2 lemons. Make a rich pastry, cut it in squares, spread with the fruit paste, butter size of a pea, moisten the edges of the pastry with milk or w;.ter. Fold over in a triangular shape, press tightly together with a fork, cut a small cross on top of each, brush over with milk and bake as cookies. Dates may be used instead of figs. Miss Everding.
Eight tablespoons flour, 4 tablespoons lard, 1 pint, of water, 4 eggs.
When the lard and water boils, add the flour, beat until it forms a ball, and when cool beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating five minutes a piece. Set in a warm place for 1-2 hour, drop by spoonfuls on buttered tins, let rise and bake. Fill with made cream. Miss Robertson.
Two eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 tablespoons milk, 2 teaspoons baking powder, flavor with lemon.
Dip in sugar before baking. Cut a hole in the center of each. Henrietta Connick.
 
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