Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-07-25

first mixture; bake 80 minutes in
shallow pan, spread with chocolate
Ginger Cookies.
One egg, l cup of mOlasses, l cup OF
sugar, / cup of butter and lard mixed,
y cup of boiling water, level spoon
full of soda dissolved in the water, l
tablespoonful of ginger, flour enough
to mold out rather soft.
Brown Cookies.
One cup molasses, y cup shortening
u cup warm water, heaping teaspoon
soda, y teaspoon salt, teaspoon GIN
ger; add to the above flour enough to
roll; little sugar and spices give an
added flavor
Fruit Cookies,
Two cups of raisins seeded and chop |
ped fine, 2 cups of sugar, cup Of but |
ter, eggs, teaspoon of cinnamon, nut
meg and cloves, teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in boiling water, a table
spoons of sour milk; flour enough to
roll out and bake in quick oven.
Date Cookies.
Two cups shortening, 2 cups brown
sugar, 4 cups oatmeal, A cups flour, l
cup sour milk, teaspoon soda, little
salt; knead quite hard and roll very
thin. Filling; l cup sugar and l
pound dates cooked in cup water un-
til quite soft; when quite pasty add l
teaspoon vanilla.
Angel.Food Cake.
The whites of II eggs, beat until
very stiff; ~ cups of sugar, scant;
then beat that sugar into the whites
first; l cup of flour sifted times,
teaspoon of cream of tartar beaten
well into the sugar, flour and eggs; fla
vor with VANILLA bake As minutes with
pan of hot water on the self above;
be careful not to shake the oven while
baking.
Small Cakes
Three eggs, ~ cups dark brown SUI.
gar, one,half cup butter. one.half cup
cold water, l teaspoon soda, 2la cups
flour (after sitting, l cup raisins,
chopped, cup English walnuts, chop.
! ped; drop by teaspoonful on buttered
tins 2 inches apart.
Ginger Cake.
One.half cup molasses, one.half cup
sour cream, egg one.half teaspoon
soda, cup flour, teaspoonful baking
baking powder one.half teaspoonful
ginger; bake in loaf or gem pans.
; Mt, Pleasant Cake,
One cup butter, cups sugar, l cup
sweet milk, 5 eggs, cups flour, Q tea
spoons cream of tartar, pices and ex.
tract, teaspoon soda, teaspoons bak'
ing powder . cup chopped walnuts,
cup raisins; the last two well rolled in
flour before putting in cake.
Ginger Drops,
One'half cup sugar, ! cup molasses,
one.half cup butter, teaspoon CHINA.
mon, ! teaspoon ginger, one.half tea
spoon cloves, teaspoons soda in one
cup of boiling water, 2ia cups of flour;
add . woll.beaten eggs the last thing
before baking; bake in gem pans or in
a loaf.
Bread Cake.
Two cups raised dough; work into it
twothirds cup butter aud . cups sugar
creamed together eggs well beaten,
even teaspoon soda dissolved in . ia.
blespoons of milk, one.half nutmeg,
grated, ! tablespoon cinnamon, tea.
spoon cloves, cup raisns, cup nut
meats; mix well together adding the
raisins and beaten whites last; let
stand half hour to raise, and bake in
moderate oven.
Ginger Cake.
Beat to a cream / egg, tablespoon
butter, tablespoon lard, cup mo.
lasses; then add l cup very warm wa
ter, saltspOon salt, / teaspoon soda,
one'half teaspoon cinnamon, one-half
teaspoon ginger and flour enough to
make the consistency of cake batter,
bake in muffin tins.
Economy Cake.
One egg ! cup sugar, ! cup of rich
milk, cups of flour, . heapinr tea.
spoons baking powder, large table.
spoon butter; mix butter and sugar to.
getheri add egg, well beaten; then add
Hour and baking powder This makes
either a good loaf or layer cake.