This section is from the book "Brewster Book Of Recipes", by Woman's Association of Brewster Congregational Church. Also available from Amazon: Book of recipes.
Whites of 8 large eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup flour. 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar.
Sift flour before measuring and then sift 3 times again: set aside. Add pinch of salt to eggs, whip to a foam, add cream of tartar and whip until very stiff, then add sugar and beat; add flavor and beat; then fold flour lightly through. Bake in a moderate oven.
Mrs. Herman Sommer.
Yolk of 1 egg, beaten. 1/2 cup milk. 1 tablespoon cocoa or 1/4 cake chocolate. 1 cup sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. Vanilla. 1/2 cup milk. 1/4 teaspoon soda. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1 1/2 cups sifted Henkel's flour.
Mix well first 3 ingredients, cook up, then cool. Add to this the rest of ingredients. Use white of egg for frosting.
Mrs. H. Sommer.
1/2 lb. almonds. 1/2 lb. confectioner's sugar. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Grated rind 1 lemon. 8 eggs. Salt.
Put almonds through chopper twice, but do not blanch them. Separate, eggs and fold in stiffly beaten whites. Bake in angel food tin 1 hour in slow oven.
Icing made of juice of lemon and confectioners sugar.
Mrs. McChristian, Pontiac, Mich.
1 lb. dates. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1/2 lb. English walnuts. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup and 2 teaspoons Henkel's flour. 4 eggs, beaten separately. Vanilla. 2 rounding teaspoons Royal baking powder.
Bake 1 hour in slow oven.
1 heaping cup sugar. 1/2 pint Henkel's flour. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. 4 eggs. 1/4 teaspoon soda.
Cream, butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs, beaten, little flour in which has been sifted cream of tartar. Add soda dissolved in spoonful of hot milk, whites of eggs, well beaten, and balance of flour. Mrs. Harry M. Freed.
4 eggs (take out 3 whites for frosting). 3 cups Henkel's flour. 3 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 2 cups sugar. 2/3 cup butter. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon cloves. 1 teaspoon allspice.
Should fall a little in baking to be good.
Mrs. H Hagerty.
Yolks 5 eggs beaten, add. 2 tablespoons cocoa. 1 cup powdered sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 tablespoon Henkel's flour. Whites of eggs. Bake in shallow pan 20 minutes.
Mrs. E. I. Chase.
One cup sugar. 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups Henkel's flour. Mix as for pie crust. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture. To the other part add 1 beaten egg, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Put in square tin and over the top spread the half cup of original mixture. When baked this takes place of a frosting.
Miss Hazel Donald.
3 tablespoons shortening. 3 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1/2 cup sugar. 3/4 cup Karo Corn syrup. 1/3 cup cocoa. 1 egg (beaten well). 1/3 teaspoon salt. 1 1/2 cup barley, oat or wheat flour. Flavor with vanilla.
Cream shortening and sugar, add egg, milk and syrup with sifted dry ingredients. Bake in greased muffin tins 20 minutes in hot oven. Dorothy E. Chandler.
 
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