r cake.

NUT CAKE

1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs, separated
2-1/2 cups flour
1 cup nut meats, chopped
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup milk
a little salt

Rub butter and sugar to a light, white cream. Add egg yolks and beat
until smooth. Sift flour, salt and baking powder and add, together with
milk, a little at a time, beating well. Fold in chopped nuts and stiffly
beaten egg whites. Pour into 2 nine inch cake pans or 1 loaf pan. Bake
in medium oven (350-f) for 30 minutes for layer cake or 1 hour for loaf
cake. Use hickory nuts, black walnuts or shellbarks.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH

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Cookies

ANISE COOKIES

6 eggs, separated
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup flour, sifted
3 tsps. anise seed

Beat egg yolks until thick and foamy. Beat egg whites stiff and combine
with egg yolks. Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix lightly. Sift
flour and add to the egg mixture together with the anise seed. Drop from
teaspoon on greased cookie sheet, spacing about 1 inch apart. Chill in
refrigerator over night. Bake in slow oven (300-f) for about 12 minutes.

FRUIT _and_ NUT COOKIES

1 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. soda
1-1/2 tblsp. hot water
1/2 cup raisins, chopped
1/2 cup currants, chopped
1 cup nuts, chopped

Cream shortening and sugar, add the eggs and beat until light and
fluffy. Sift flour add salt and cinnamon and sift again. Dissolve the
soda in the hot water and add to the creamed mixture. Add half of the
sifted dry ingredients mixing well. Fold in the chopped fruit and nuts
and the remaining flour mixture. Stir until thoroughly blended. Drop
teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart and bake in
moderate oven (350-f) for 15 minutes.

CINNAMON WAFFLES (Zimmet waffles)

1/2 lb. butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
flour

Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time and add
cinnamon. Work in enough flour to make a soft dough. Form into small
balls. Place several in a hot waffle iron, suitably spaced, press down
top and bake. This is an old recipe which the "dutch" brought over from
Germany.

MORAVIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
1 egg
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon soda

Blend shortening, sugar