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THINGS MOTHER USED TO MAKE
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Bramberries

Crust Filling
1½ Cupfuls of Flour 1 Cupful of Raisins
½ Cupful of Lard (scant) 1 Cracker
½ Teaspoonful of Salt 1 Lemon
Just enough Water to ⅔ Cupful of Sugar
wet smooth 1 Egg
A Little Salt

Beat the egg, add sugar, salt, lemon juice and grated rind. Roll cracker fine, chop raisins and mix all together. Roll the crust thin, cut into rounds. Put a spoonful of filling between two rounds and pinch the edges together. Prick top crust with fork. Bake in iron pan for twenty minutes.

Cream Puffs

1 Cupful of Hot Water 1 Pinch of Salt and Bak-
½ Cupful of Butter ing Soda
1 Cupful of Flour 3 Eggs

Put the water and butter, into a dish on the stove. When boiling, stir in the dry flour, into which you have put the salt and soda. Stir until smooth and thick. When nearly cool, add three eggs, one at a time. Drop on a buttered pan and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. This will make twelve cakes. When they are cold, make a slit in the side with a