This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
1 yeast cake, 6 tbsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. shortening, a little lemon and nutmeg, 1 egg, 1 cup milk, 1 tsp. salt, enough flour to make stiff with spoon.
Set yeast in cup with take-warm water and sugar, warm the milk, also the flour and mixing bowl. Cream sugar and shortening, (bacon fat may be used), add other ingredients and let rise. Put in shallow cookie tins and let rise again, brush the top with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Mrs. Maurice E. Handke.
1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup lard and butter, 1 or 2 eggs, 1 cup warm water, 1 cup milk, 1 compressed yeast cake, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 5 cups flour, raisins if desired.
Mix the sugar, lard and salt, with the scalded milk; let stand until lukewarm. Dissolve the yeast cake in 1/2 the warm water, add to the first mixture, together with the rest of the water and the beaten eggs; add the flour and beat well. Let rise over night: in morning roll and put in to tins. Cover top with melted butter, sugar and cinnamon; let rise until light and bake 20 minutes. This makes 2 large or 3 small cakes.
- Mrs. Fred Stewart.
1 egg, 4 tbsp. sugar, 4 tbsp. melted butter, 1 cup milk, 2 cups flour and 4 tsp. baking powder.
Beat together until light the egg, sugar and butter. Add the milk, flour and baking powder. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
4 tbsp. melted butter, 4 tbsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. flour, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.
Blend together well and spread on cake before baking. - Mrs. W. A. Brodkorb.
1 pint milk, 1 yeast cake, 1/3 tsp. salt, enough flour to make a sponge as for bread. Let rise until light, add 3 well-beaten eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup shortening, 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring if liked, flour to make a stiff dough; stir but do not knead. Raisins or currants may be added if desired. Let rise until evening and then put in pans and let rise until morning. Put melted shortening, sugar and cinnamon on top when putting into pans. Bake in moderate oven. - Mrs. G. L. Corkc.
1 cup sugar, 1 large tbsp. butter, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 3 level tsp. bak. powd. Add flour as for ordinary cake. When ready for the oven, butter the top and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Mrs. C. A. Roney, Chicago.
1 heaping tbsp. butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 large or 2 small eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1 3/4 cups flour and 2 tsp. baking powder.
Put in pan and spread with butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Bake in moderate oven.
- Mrs. Geo. Knapp.
2 cups brown sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 tbsp. shortening. Mix well. Take out a scant cup to put over the top. Add 2 eggs, 1 cup sour milk, 1 tsp. bak. powd., 1 tsp. soda. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in flat pans 20 minutes in moderate oven. - Mrs. C. E. Johnson.
1/2 cup sugar, 2 tbsp. Crisco, 1 egg, 1/2 cup milk, 1 cup flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over the top. Serve hot.
- Mrs. Helen Evans.
 
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