The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25
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FRUIT CAKE WITHOUT EGGS.

Ou6 cup 6aCQ OIL DuLC6T, DrOWu sugar,
~nolasses and sweet milk, four cups of
Jour, one pound of r~aisins, one teaspoon
al each of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and
soda.
LEMON PIE.
Take one lemon, CRATE the rind and
squeeze the juice, one egg one cup of
sugar, one half cup of water and two
spoonfuls of flour Stir all together and
bake with two crusts.
APPLE MERINGUE
Add three beaten eggs to a quart of ap-
pie sauce; pour into a pudding dish and
A bake; when we'll erusted over, cover with
meringue made with the whites of the
eggs and powdered sugar.
SEED COOKIES
One cupful of butter, three cupfuls of
sugar, two eggs, one cupful Of cream,
. eight cupfuls Of -four, 2 ] tea~spoonfuls Of
baking powder, one t~easpoonful of caraway
seed; roll out, cut and sift with sugar;
bake in a quick oven.
HERMITs.
One cup of maple sugar, one-half cup
each of butter and sour cream, one egg,
cne- half ~teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg, and one cup OF chopped raisins.
Knead as little as possible. Bake like
cookies.
MOLAssEs CAKE
One cup of molasses, one cupful of
brown sugar, one cupful of cold water.
Boil together, then add a cupful of butter
and set aside to cool; -four as thick as a
pound cake, add four ~well-beaten eggs
lone pound each of raisins and ~currants,
4One-half pound of citron. Bake two
hours.
b Potato SALAD
Two w~el[beaten eggs, three teaspoon
fuls mixed mustard, two of salt, three
tablespoonful each of sugar and olive oil,
or butter, one dessertspoonful of flour
mix well, pour into a %teacupful Of boiling
vinegar, let cook until it thickens, stirring
constantly, then pour it over two quarts
Of cold boiled potatoes, chopped with two
i onions; salt to taste.
ANANA FRITTERs.
Sift a light pint Of -four, take from it a
light pint; sift two or three times with
one teaspconful Of cream tartar and one-
half t~easpoonful of soda. To this add a
sa~ltspoonful of salt, two eggs whipped
very light, two ta~blespoonfuls of sugar
and three-fourths Of a cup of rich milk
hub through the -four first a d~essertspoon-
full of butter. Beat all to a smooth, light
batter. Slice bananas into four length
Y wise strips, dip each slice into the batter
and fry a golden brown.
CARNAFFs.
Take some cold cooked ham and chop
it fine, season with pepper. Put a table
spoonful of butter and an even tablespoon
kful of flour in a saucepan; mix, and add a
tgSll Of cream; stir continually untilit boils,
take it from the fire, add the we'll beaten
Yolks of four eggs and a half pint of
y chopped han. Put this into butteret
tcups, stand them in a ~baking-pan half
filled with hot water, cover with pape
and cook in the oven for twenty minutes.
Serve with cream sauce.
LAYER CAKE
Four eggs well beaten, one and one
half cups of sugar, one and one-half cups
of flour, two t~easpoonfuls of yeast powder,
four tablespoonful Of water, and flavor
ing to suit taste. This will make five
Myers in patty pans. Give the cakes a
good beating, and bake as quickly as
possible without burning. In recipe just
given, anything desired may be put be-
tween the layers, though most are partial
to cream filing.