Johnny Cake. (No. 2.)

One-half cup of white sugar, piece of butter the size of an egg, two eggs, three teaspoonfuls Equity baking-powder, one cup of white flour, one pint of sweet milk, two cups of cornmeal. Beat the butter, sugar and eggs well together, add the flour with the baking-powder, next the milk and corn meal; bake in shallow pans, in a hot oven; when done, cut into square pieces and serve hot.

An Excellent Corn Bread

One pint of white cornmeal, one teaspoonful of dried saleratus, one-teaspoonful of salt, two eggs, beaten light, one pint of sour milk, one tablespoonful of butter. Stir the saleratus and salt into the meal, add the eggs, then the milk and butter; beat about five minutes, and put in about half an inch thick in the pans, and bake.

Crumpets

Four cups of warm milk, two-thirds of a cup of yeast, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water, four cups of flour. Set these ingredients, except the butter and soda, as a sponge, over night. In the morning, add the melted butter, with half cup of flour, to prevent the butter from thinning the batter; stir in the soda, half fill the muffin-rings with this mixture, and let them stand twenty minutes, or until light, before baking. If you like them sweet, you can add a teacupful of white sugar.

Cornmeal Crumpets

One quart of Indian meal, one quart of boiled milk, one-half teacup of yeast, two tablespoonfuls of white sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls of lard, or butter, or half and half, one saltspoon-ful salt. Scald the meal with the boiling milk, and let it stand until luke-warm. Then stir in the sugar, yeast, and salt, and let it rise five hours. Add the melted shortening, beat well, put in greased muffin-rings, set these near the fire for fifteen minutes and bake. Half an hour in a quick oven ought to cook them.

Graham Cakes

One-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, beaten together, then the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, one cup of Graham flour, then the beaten whites of eggs, add one more cup of Graham flour, with one teaspoonful of Equity baking-powder. Bake in muffin-rings or jam-pans in a hot oven.

Spanish Buns - Nice With Coffee

Two and one-half cups of brown sugar (dark brown preferred), three-fourths of a cup of sour milk, three-fourths of butter, two eggs, the yolks of six more, one teaspoonful of cloves, one-half of a teaspoonful extract of lemon or vanilla, one teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one-half tablespoonful of nutmeg, four cups of flour. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the beaten eggs, spices and the milk with the soda, dissolved in a little warm water, next the flour; stir well and bake in patty-pans or drop them on buttered pans and bake in a hot oven. When done, if you like, frost with boiled frosting.