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No. 22. EGGLESS DROP CAKES

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

2 cups milk

4 cups flour

1 cup chopped raisins

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon of vanilla

Cream butter and sugar; add the milk; sift the flour and baking powder and stir in; then add the flavor and raisins; mix well and drop in gem pans or little cake tins; bake in hot oven.

No. 23. SPICE CUP CAKES

1 cup dark molasses

1 cup brown sugar

1½ cups lard

1 teaspoon of baking powder

½ teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup boiling water

Mix the molasses, shortening and sugar together till creamy; dissolve the soda in the hot water and add; sift the spices, salt and flour together and stir in well. Drop in muffin tins and bake 20 or 30 minutes.

No. 24. MOLASSES CUP CAKES

3 tablespoons brown sugar

5 tablespoons flour

1 tablespoon ginger

2 tablespoons dark molasses

1 heaping teaspoon baking powder

Mix all dry ingredients together; then add molasses with a little milk; stir well; drop in greased cup cake pans and bake 20 or 30 minutes.

No. 25. GINGER NUTS

¾ cup butter and lard

¾ cup brown sugar

1½ lbs. flour

1 oz. ground ginger

1 oz. ground allspice

1 oz. ground cloves

1 oz. ground cinnamon

Cream shortening and sugar; then work in the spices and flour and mix to a stiff dough with molasses and let stand ½ hour; make into balls about the size of a walnut, press out flat, put in a greased pan 2 inches apart and bake in a medium oven 10 minutes.

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