vide into two loaves. Place in Criscoed tins
and let stand until the dough doubles its bulk. Brush over with milk
and bake in moderate oven one and a half hours.
Sufficient for two small loaves.
Excellent Graham Bread
2 cupfuls graham flour
4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
1/2 cupful flour
1 teaspoonful baking powder
1-1/2 cupfuls sour milk
1/4 cupful sugar
1/2 teaspoonful salt
1 teaspoonful baking soda
Sift flours with baking powder, salt, sugar, and soda, then add Crisco
and milk. Mix and turn into greased and floured cake tin and bake in
moderate oven fifty minutes.
Sufficient for one small loaf.
Filled Cookies
1 egg
1 cupful sugar
1/2 cupful Crisco
1/2 cupful milk or cream
1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
1 teaspoonful baking soda
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
3-1/2 cupfuls flour
1/2 teaspoonful salt
For Filling
1 cupful chopped raisins
1 tablespoonful flour
1/2 cupful sugar
1/2 cupful water
1/2 cupful chopped walnut meats
_For cookies._ Cream Crisco and sugar, add salt, egg well beaten,
milk, vanilla, and flour sifted with baking powder and soda. Mix and
turn out on figured baking board. Dough should be soft. Roll very thin
and cut out with cooky cutter. Spread one-half of cookies with filling
then place remaining cookies on top and press edges together. Place on
Criscoed tins and bake in moderately hot oven fifteen minutes.
_For filling._ Mix sugar and flour in saucepan, add raisins, nuts, and
water, stir and cook until thick. Cool before using.
Fried Cornmeal Nut Cakes
2 cupfuls yellow cornmeal
2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
3 cupfuls boiling water
1 teaspoonful salt
1 egg
1/2 cupful chopped nut meats
Bring water and salt to boil, stir in cornmeal, add nut meats, and
stir and cook ten minutes. Remove from fire and add egg well beaten,
and melted Crisco. Turn into Criscoed tin and cool. When cold, slice
and fry in hot Crisco. Serve with honey or maple syrup.
Sufficient for six or eight slices.
Fried Cakes with Apple Sauce
1 cupful sugar
4 tablespoonfuls Crisco
3 cupfuls sour milk
1/4 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
1 teaspoonful lemon extract
1 teaspoonful baking soda
1 teaspoonful baking powder
1/2 teaspoonful salt
Flour
Apple sauce
Cream Crisco, gradually add sugar, then add salt, nutmeg, lemon, soda,
baking powder, sour milk and sufficient flour to make stiffish dou
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