Inexpensive Cookies

3/4 cup lard and butter mixed. 1 teaspoon soda in 1/2 cup milk. Flour to make a stiff dough.

1 egg.

2 cups sugar.

Mix well, roll thin, cut into pieces and bake quickly.

Devil's Auction

1 cup sugar. 1 cup butter. 1 cup molasses. 1/2 cup currants. 5 cups flour. 1 grated nutmeg.

1/2 cup sliced citron.

1 cup strong dripped coffee. 5 eggs, beaten separately.

2 teaspoons mixed spices.

1 teaspoon soda beaten in molasses. 1 lb. seeded raisins.

Mix as for fruit cake, adding fruit last. Bake slowly.

Doughnuts

4 eggs beaten separately.

1/4 cup butter.

2 cups sugar.

Flour to make a stiff dough.

1 cup milk.

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

1 teaspoon yeast powder.

Mix and roll until quite thin, then cut into rings and fry in hot lard, dust with powdered sugar.

Virginia Ginger Cake

1 pt. molasses.

2 eggs well beaten. 2 ozs. brown sugar.

1 3/4 lbs. flour. 3/4 pt. sweet milk.

2 teaspoons soda. 1 pinch salt.

1 teaspoon baking powder. 1 teaspoon ground cloves. 1 teaspoon cinnamon.

1 teaspoon all spice.

3 ozs, lard and 3 ozs. butter mixed.

2 tablespoons minced orange peel. 2 tablespoons ground ginger.

Beat well until batter is glossy, adding eggs last, and bake in moderate oven.

Ginger Cake

1 qt. molasses.

2 1/2 lbs. flour. 6 ozs. butter.

3 eggs.

3 gills water.

2 teaspoons soda beaten in molasses.

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.

2 tablespoons ground ginger.

Cream butter and molasses, then stir in eggs, flour and spices. Beat well and bake in moderate oven.

Fruit Cake

1 1/2 lbs. flour. 11/4 lbs. sugar.

2 lbs. currants.

1 lb. raisins, cut fine. 3/4 lb. butter. 6 eggs beaten separately. 1 wine glass brandy.

1 pt. sour milk.

1 cup black molasses.

1/2 lb. sliced citron.

1 grated nutmeg.

2 teaspoons ground cloves. 1 teaspoon soda.

Cream butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs well beaten, mollasses, milk mixed with soda, cloves, stir in flour and whites of eggs alternately a little at a time, then the fruits mixed dusted with flour, add brandy. Bake slowly several hours.

Ginger Sponge Cake

1/2 cup lard and 1/2 cup butter mixed.

4 eggs beaten separately.

2 1/2 cups molasses.

1 cup brown sugar.

4 1/2 cups flour.

1 tea cup ice water.

2 teaspoons soda in molasses. 2 tablespoons ground ginger. 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon. 1 tablespoon ground cloves. 1 tablespoon ground allspice.

Beat the above together until it has a glossy look. This cake requires a great deal of beating. Bake in moderate oven.

Gold Cake

Yolks of 8 eggs. 1/2 cup butter. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup sweet milk.

2 1/2 cups flour.

2 teaspoons yeast powder.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

Cream butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs well beaten, then milk and flour alternately, vanilla and yeast powder. Bake.