Soft Waffles

1 quart Gold Medal Flour,

1/2 teaspoonful salt,

1 teaspoonful sugar,

2 teaspoonfuls making powder,

1 large tablespoonful butter,

2 eggs,

11/2 pints milk.

Sift together Gold Medal Flour, salt, sugar and powder; rub in butter cold; add beaten eggs and milk; mix into smooth, consistent batter that will run easily and limpid from mouth of pitcher. Have waffle-iron hot and carefully greased each time; fill 2-3, close it up; when brown turn over. Sift sugar on them, serve hot.

Rice Waffles

Into a batter as directed for soft waffles stir 1 cup of rice, free from lumps; cook as directed in same recipe.

Virginia Waffles

Cook 1/2 cup white Corn Meal in 11/2 cups boiling water 30 minutes, adding 11/2 teaspoonfuls salt. Add 11/2 cups milk, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 2 tablespoon-fuls melted butter, 2 cups Gold Medal Flour mixed with 2 heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder, and 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Cook in hot, well-greased waffle-iron.

German Waffles

1 quart Gold Medal Flour,

Rind of 1 lemon, grated,

1/2 teaspoonful salt,

1 teaspoonful extract of cinnamon,

3 tablespoonfuls sugar,

4 eggs,

2 large teaspoonfuls baking powder,

1 pint thin cream.

2 tablespoonfuls lard,

Sift together Gold Medal Flour, sugar, salt, and powder; rub in lard cold; add beaten eggs, lemon rind, extract, and milk. Mix into smooth, rather thick batter. Bake in hot waffle-iron, serve with sugar flavored with extract of lemon.

Sweet Muffins

1 cup sugar,

1 egg,

1 tablespoonful melted butter,

1 Dint sweet milk.

3 cups Gold Medal Flour,

2 teaspoonfuls baking powder,

1 teaspoonful salt.

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk and beaten egg and butter. Beat hard, bake in greased muffin-pans.

Corn Bread

2 tablespoonfuls melted lard,

1 tablespoonful sugar,

2 eggs,

1 pint sour milk,

Corn Meal for stiff batter,

1 teaspoonful baking powder,

1 tablespoonful Gold Medal Flour.

Mix together milk, beaten eggs and sugar; stir these into the flour and corn meal; then add melted lard. Dissolve the soda in a few drops of boiling water; add it and beat hard for several minutes. Have ready heated greased dripping pans; pour in the batter and bake in a moderately quick oven from 20 to 30 minutes.