This section is from the book "The Peoria Women's Cook Book". See also How to Cook Everything.
1 scant cup of butter, 4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon vanilla, Yolks of 8 eggs,
1 cup milk,
3 teaspoons baking powder,
2½ cups flour,
White of egg.
Cream sugar and butter, then add 1 cup of flour, then alternately add 1½ cups of flour and milk. Then the beaten yolks, last half cup of flour with baking powder, and last fold in the beaten whites. Bake 45 minutes in a moderate oven. - Mrs. P. R. McComas.
1 cup powdered sugar,
1 teaspoon vanilla,
1 cup English walnuts,
2 eggs,
¾ cup pastry flour.
Melt ½ cup butter and 2 squares chocolate together and mix with other ingredients. Bake ½ hour in shallow pan. While warm cut in squares with a sharp knife. - Mrs. C. E. Nixon.
2½ cups sugar, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, One-third box of cocoa.
1 cup butter,
4 eggs,
3 teaspoons vanilla.
Melt cocoa by adding a little water, over the fire. 2½ cups flour. Mix yolks of eggs, butter and sugar, beat thoroughly. Then add milk, flour and cocoa and last, beaten whites of eggs and vanilla. Make 2 layers and put together with vanilla icing. Excellent.
Mrs. Wellington Housworth.
1 cup of sweet milk,
1 cup of grated chocolate,
1 cup of granulated sugar, Yolk of two eggs.
Boil together, stirring all the time until thick, set aside to cool. Cream 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of granulated sugar, yolks of two eggs, 1 cup of sweet milk, 3 cups flour, beat well, add beaten whites of 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in boiling water, flavor with vanilla and put together with white icing. - Mrs. W. D. Starnes.
½ cup of butter,
3 eggs,
1½ cups of flour,
3 teaspoons of baking powder,
1 teaspoon of vanilla,
1 cup of sugar,
½ cup of water,
¼ cup of cocoa,
1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
Cream butter and sugar, beat eggs separately, add to butter and sugar, put flour, baking powder, cocoa and spice through sieve, add all other ingredients, beat to a smooth paste. - Mrs. Wm. Ashford.
¾ cup butter,
1 cup sugar,
2 eggs,
1 cup sour milk,
1 teaspoon soda,
1 teaspoon cinnamon,
1 teaspoon cloves, ½ teaspoon allspice, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 cup dredged rasins, 1½ to 2 cups flour.
Bake in a loaf. - Mrs. J. S. Miller.
Two cups of brown sugar and ½ cup of butter creamed, 1 cup of sour milk and ½ teaspoon of soda, yolks of 2 eggs and white of one egg, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of cloves, ½ teaspoon of grated nutmeg, 2 and two-thirds cups flour, ½ teaspoon of baking powder. Use extra white for frosting. - Mrs. Vallie Hall.
Make 2 cups of apple sauce, mix 1½ cups of sugar with 1 cup shortening (one-half butter and one-half lard). Pour into this mixture the hot apple sauce, add 3½ level teaspoons soda, and stir thoroughly. 3 cups of flour, sifted, 1 teaspoon of mapeline, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, pinch of salt, mix thoroughly then add 1 cup of raisins and currants that have been sprinkled with flour. Bake from 1¼ to 1½ hours in a slow oven.
Mrs. Harriet Houston.
 
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