s cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon of cloves

Mix molasses, fat, and boiling water. Sift dry ingredients. Add the
liquid. Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff
enough to roll out. Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot
oven.

WARTIME FRUIT CAKE

1 cup honey or corn syrup
1 tablespoon fat
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dates, figs, prunes or raisins
3/4 teaspoon soda
2/3 cup milk

Cream fat, honey and egg. Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with
milk. Bake in loaf 45 minutes in moderate oven.

HOT WATER GINGER CAKES

1-1/2 cup molasses
3/4 cup boiling water
2-1/2 cups flour
1-1/8 teaspoons soda
1-1/2 teaspoons ginger
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fat

Sift dry ingredients. Mix fat, molasses and boiling water. Add dry
ingredients. Beat briskly for a few minutes, and pour into greased
muffin pans. Bake twenty to thirty minutes in moderate oven.

SPICED OATMEAL FRUIT CAKES

1-3/4 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup cooked oatmeal
2/3 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup raisins, dates, prunes or figs
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons fat

Heat the corn syrup and fat. Sift dry ingredients and add to first
mixture. Add fruit last. Bake in muffin pans for 30 minutes.

FRUIT WONDER CAKES

1 doz. salted wafers
1/3 cup chopped dates
1/3 cup chopped nuts
1 egg white
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Beat egg white until very stiff. Add other ingredients and place on
the wafers. Place under broiler until a delicate brown.

SUGARLESS CANDIES

FRUIT PASTE

2 teaspoons gelatine
2 tablespoons cold water
1/3 cup corn syrup
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Mix cornstarch with 1 tablespoon cold water. Heat corn syrup to the
boil, add cornstarch and cook for three minutes. Soften the gelatine
in two tablespoons cold water for five minutes; stir into the hot
syrup after taking from fire. When gelatine has dissolved add the
fruit and nuts and flavoring. Chill, cut in squares, and roll each in
powdered sugar.

WARTIME TAFFY

2 cups corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon water
2 tablespoons vinegar

Boil the syrup for fifteen minutes, then add the soda. Cook until a
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