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No. 11—FILLED PANCAKES.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

  • 6 eggs
  • ½ pt. of milk
  • ½ cup of flour
  • ¼ tsp. of salt
  • Butter for baking
  • Jelly or fruit marmalade for stuffing
  • Sugar and cinnamon to sprinkle
  • 1 tbsp. of sugar

Preparation: The eggs are beaten 5 minutes with milk, flour, sugar and salt. Heat a large spider and put in the butter, then 4 to 5 tablespoonfuls of pancake batter and bake until golden yellow on both sides. Spread with the jelly or marmalade, roll up the pancake, place it on a platter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. This recipe will make 6 pancakes. They must be baked very thin.


No. 12—WAFFLES.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

  • ½ qt. of flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 4 tbsps. of melted butter
  • ¼ tsp. of baking powder
  • 1¼ cups of milk

Preparation: Flour, yolks of eggs, milk, butter and salt are stirred well with beaten whites of eggs and baking powder.

Grease a waffle iron, put in 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls of batter and bake the waffles to a nice brown color, turning it to bake on both sides. Serve at once.


No. 13—ANOTHER FORM OF WAFFLES.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

4 eggs 2½ cups of flour 2 cups of sour milk ½ tsp. of soda 2 tbsps. of sour cream Lard for baking

Preparation: The 4 yolks of eggs, milk, cream, flour, are mixed well and the soda dissolved in 1 tablespoonful of milk stirred in; add t)he beaten whites of eggs and bake according to No. 12.


No. 14—SAND-CAKE WAFFLES.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

  • ½ lb. of butter
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ lb. of sugar
  • ¼ lb. of fine flour
  • ¼ lb. of corn starch
  • ¼ tbsp. of grated lemon peel
  • Lard for baking
  • Vanilla sugar to sprinkle over

Preparation: The butter is washed so it does not contain any salt, then creamed. Add the eggs, sugar, flour and lemon and bake the batter in a waffle iron. Put ½ teaspoonful of lard on each half of the iron, then put in three tablespoonfuls of batter, close the iron and bake 8 minutes, turning it to bake on both sides. Sprinkle with vanilla sugar.