This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
One and one-third cups of flour, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, one-third of a cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk, one egg, one teaspoonful of melted butter.
Beat egg until light; add milk, dry ingredients mixed and sifted, and melted butter. Drop by spoonfuls in hot, new, deep fat; fry until light brown and cooked through, which must at first be determined by piercing with a skewer, or breaking apart. Remove with a skimmer, and drain on brown paper.
 
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