half an ounce of soda. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, add the spice
and molasses, mix the soda with half of the flour and stir all together.
Roll thin, cut in small cakes and bake in a moderate oven.

HARD GINGERBREAD.

Two cups of Porto Rico molasses, one cup of brown sugar, one cup of
butter, two tablespoonfuls of ginger, flour to make the dough stiff
enough to roll. It requires to be kneaded thoroughly. It is better that
the dough be made the day before the cakes are to be baked that it may
dry a little, as they are spoiled if too much flour is added. Roll thin,
cut in oblong cakes with a jagging iron, or in any way to suit the
fancy.

BRANDY SNAPS.

One pound of flour, a quarter of a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound
of brown sugar, three-quarters of a pound of maple syrup. Mix the
ingredients well together and drop on greased paper; if it runs too much
add flour, if not enough add more maple syrup.

PEPPER NUTS.--No. 1.

Two pounds of flour, one and a half pounds of sugar, half a pound of
butter, three eggs, two even teaspoonfuls of soda sifted with the flour,
pepper to taste. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar and beat very
light, then the eggs and flour. Roll out and cut in small, round cakes,
bake a light brown. They will keep a long time.

PEPPER NUTS--No. 2.

Half a pound of butter beaten to a cream, then add three-quarters of a
pound of sugar, three egg yolks beaten light, half a cup of cream, two
ounces of almonds chopped very fine, half a teaspoonful of almond
extract, a little fine cut citron, and one pound of flour sifted with an
even teaspoonful of soda. Mix well together, roll out and cut in small,
round cakes and bake a light brown.

TEA CAKES.

One pint of cream, four heaping tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, two
eggs, a little cinnamon; beat well together and stir into it enough
flour to roll. Roll out about a quarter of an inch thick, brush over
with white of egg and sift sugar and cinnamon over it, cut into cakes
about a finger long and one inch wide. Bake a delicate brown.

FIG CAKE.

Half a cup of butter, one cup of granulated sugar, half a cup of milk,
two cups of flour, two rounded teaspoonfuls of baking powder, the whites
of four eggs. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, stir the milk and
one cup of the flour together and add to the butter and sugar. Sift the
remaining cup of flour and the baking powder together, beat the whites
of egg to a stiff f