Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-01-16

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their ambition in tho way OF providing
rs with q comfortable abundance Of
fresh eggs, 1t 10 always rather difficult to
make things that are really. good, and
yet do not make too strenuous demands
upon the egg-baaket. A. few. so-called
economical recipes are given below.
RHODE ISLAND JOHNNY CAKE.
One cup of white corn meal, ono tea.
spoonful of sugar, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of salt, ono tablespoonful Of
butter. Pour over all boiling water
enough to scald, beating all the time
until it is rather stiff dough. Add a
little cold milk until of . consistsncy to
drop from the spoon. The milk makes
them brown better. Drop with spoon
ON q hot griddle. Cook slowly until a
rich brown on both sides.
APPLE NUFFINs.
One cup of milk, two and half cups
of -four, one tablespoonful Of sugar, q
pinch of salt, one tablespoonful of melt.
cd butter and lard, two teaspOOnfuls OF
baking powder In tho -four. Add one
large apple, sliced thin, or chopped.
Bake 10 gem pans. Il may be used as q
dessert, with any nice sance.
FEATHER MUFFINs.
One cup of milk. one tablespoonful OF
melted butter and lard, one salt spoonful
of salt, one tablespoonful Of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder. Flour
to make batter about ~ stiff AZ ordi-
nary cake. Add q littls sifted squash II
on hand. Bake in muffin tins.
GRAHAM POPovERs.
One cup Of graham, one cup OF white
-four, one cup OF milk, one cup OF water,
one isaspooniul of sugar, 4 pinch of salt
Beat the graham, white -four, and milk
together; add water, sugar and salt, and
beat very vigorously with Dover egg
beaten. Pour into very hot gem pans,
and bake In hot oven-deliciOus.
STEAMED cHRIsrMAs PUDDING.
Que cup Of chopped suet, ono cup Of
one cup Vt milk, ono cup Of molasses,
one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in
milk, about four cups of pastry -four,
one level teaspoonful of salt, nutmeg,
cinnamon and Glove to taste, two cups
of fruit, raisins, currants and cltron,
mixed with little Of tho -four. Steam
10 pudding boiler four hours.
LEMON COOKIES.
One cup Of sugar, one-ha . cup OF
butter, one egg. one-half teaspoonful
Of salt, one teaspoonful OF ginger, graf.
Cd r;nd OF half . lemon. Beat oil to.
gether. Boil one cup Of molasses; stir
into 1t one teaspoopful of soda until It
foams. Pour over the other mixture,
and stir we'll. Add juice of one-half .
lemon, and flour to Toll. Sprinkle thick
with sugar, passing rolling pin over
once. Cut in fancy shapes, and bake In
moderate oven.
DROP COOKIES.
Cream one half . cup of butter, add
ono cup Of sugar. one.half cup of mo-
lasses, one we'll beaten egg, three-fourths
. cup OF curants, one.balf . cup Of
sweet milk with One-half . teaspo0nful
OF soda dissolved In II, three cups Of
-four, cinnamon aud Glove. Drop from
teaspoon on buttered tins. Sprinkle
with sugar.
goIMGERsNAPS.
Boil together: one cup Of molasses,
one-half . cupIof sugar, one-half . CUP
Of melted shortening (butter, lard or any
nice fat.) When they boil up, remove
from fire, and when cool. add ono table
spoonful Of ginger, one teaspoonfui OF
soda, and -four to roll. Roll very thin,
crease with oooky roller. or tines OF sill
YER fork; cut In fancy shapes, and bake
In moderate oven.
MOTHERS CAKE.
One cup OF butter, three cups Of
sugar, one pint Of rich milk, one egg,
three level tesspoonfuls Of baking
powder. -four enough to make an ordi.
nary cake batter, ons- half . teaspoonful
OF cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoonful Of
Glove, . little mace, one pint Of well.
Toured raisins. Bake In . moderate
oven about an hOnr.