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Mix boiling water, milk, sugar, salt, and Crisco together. Add yeast cake dissolved in tepid water, with 344 cupfuls whole wheat flour. Mix and let stand until light. Add more flour until soft dough is formed, then knead and divide 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 1% cupfuls sour milk 4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco % cupful sugar 1% cupful flour ¥% teaspoonful salt 1. teaspoonful baking powder 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 teaspoonful baking soda 1 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder ¥% cupful Crisco 3% cupfuls flour Y% cupful milk or cream Y% teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract For Filling 1 cupful chopped raisins 1% cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful flour % cupful water 14 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 floured 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 1 teaspoonful salt 2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1 egg 3 cupfuls boiling water Y% 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 Breads, etc. 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 1 teaspoonful baking soda 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 teaspoonful baking powder 3 cupfuls sour milk ¥ teaspoonful salt ¥% teaspoonful grated nutmeg Flour 1 teaspoonful lemon extract Apple sauce Cream Crisco, gradually add sugar, then add salt, nutmeg, lemon, soda, baking powder, sour milk and sufficient flour to make stiffish dough. Roll out on floured baking board, cut with large round cutter, and fry in hot Crisco until well cooked and nicely browned on both sides. Drain and serve with hot apple sauce. Sufficient for twenty cakes. Fruit Cookies 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful powdered 2 cupfuls brown sugar cinnamon 1 cupful Crisco Y% teaspoonful powdered allspice 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger 1 cupful chopped English 1% teaspoonfuls baking soda walnut meats 2 tablespoonfuls sour milk 3 eggs Flour Cream Crisco and sugar together, add salt, eggs well beaten, soda mixed with milk, spices, raisins, nuts, and enough flour to make stiff dough. About 5 cupfuls flour will be sufficient. Roll out, cut with cooky cutter, lay on Criscoed tins and bake in moderate oven from ten to twelve minutes. Sufficient for sixty cookies. Fruit Drop Cakes 1 cupful sugar 4 tablespoonfuls chopped nut Y% cupful Crisco meats 2 cupfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls chopped candied 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder ies peel 1 teaspoonful salt 3 eg 4 tablespoonfuls currants 2% eof milk 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract