Boil and mash the potatoes. Add butter, beaten eggs, sugar and salt. Mix the baking powder with 2 cupfuls of flour and add to the mixture. Add enough more flour to make a dough stiff enough to roll I/2 inch thick. Cut and fry. Drain and roll in powdered sugar. Crullers 6 eggs 6 tablespoonfuls sugar 6 tablespoonfuls melted shortening flour to make a stiff dough Beat eggs until very light. Add sugar, shortening, and flour. Beat thoroughly and roll very thin. Cut in strips 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. Make three one-inch parallel gashes cross- wise at equal intervals. Take up by running the handle of a spoon in and out of the gashes. Fry in deep fat and sprinkle with powdered sugar. 48 THE FARM COOK AND RULE BOOK Fancy Doughnuts 1 cupful granulated sugar 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 squares chocolate 3 cupfuls flour 1 egg % cupful nut meats 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful vanilla 1 cupful milk grated rind of i/^ orange Beat the egg and sugar together with a spoon and add the unsweetened chocolate which has been melted over hot water. Sift the dry ingredients together, saving out a little flour to mix with the chopped nut meats. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk and then stir in the nuts and grated orange and lemon rind. Roll, cut and fry in hot fat. Doughnuts 2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sugar i/^ teaspoonful cinnamon 1 egg 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder flour to make a soft dough✪ Doughnuts 1 cupful milk Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until light. Stir in the well beaten egg and the sweet milk. Sift the baking powder, salt and cinnamon with 1% cupfuls of flour and stir this mix- ture in, adding sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll % inch thick and cut. Fry, drain and when partly cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Sour Milk Doughnuts 2y2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoonful soda 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonful salt 2 eggs % teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful sour milk flour to make a soft dough Cream the butter,, add the sugar and beat until light. Stir in the well beaten egg and alternately add the sour milk and 1% cupfuls of flour in which the soda, salt and cinnamon have been sifted. Add sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll % iiich thick, cut and fry in hot fat. Drain and when somewhat cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Overnight Cookies 3 cupfuls dark brown sugar % cupful lard 1 cupful granulated sugar 6 cupfuls flour 4 eggs 1 tablespoonful soda % teaspoonful salt 1 tablespoonful cream of tartar % cupful butter 1 tablespoonful vanilla✪ Overnight Cookies COOKIES AND DOUGHNUTS 49 Cream the sugars, butter and lard together until light. Add the beaten eggs and vanilla. Sift in the salt, flour, soda and cream of tartar. Mold in a loaf and let stand in a cool place, such as a refrigerator, overnight. Slice off in the morning and bake in a moderate oven. Do not let the loaf freeze durmg the night. CHAPTER 9 CEEEALS

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Boil and mash the potatoes. Add butter, beaten eggs, sugar and salt. Mix the baking powder with 2 cupfuls of flour and add to the mixture. Add enough more flour to make a dough stiff enough to roll I/2 inch thick. Cut and fry. Drain and roll in powdered sugar. Crullers 6 eggs 6 tablespoonfuls sugar 6 tablespoonfuls melted shortening flour to make a stiff dough Beat eggs until very light. Add sugar, shortening, and flour. Beat thoroughly and roll very thin. Cut in strips 3 inches long and 2 inches wide. Make three one-inch parallel gashes crosswise at equal intervals. Take up by running the handle of a spoon in and out of the gashes. Fry in deep fat and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Fancy Doughnuts 1 cupful granulated sugar 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 squares chocolate 3 cupfuls flour 1 egg % cupful nut meats 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful vanilla 1 cupful milk grated rind of i/^ orange Beat the egg and sugar together with a spoon and add the unsweetened chocolate which has been melted over hot water. Sift the dry ingredients together, saving out a little flour to mix with the chopped nut meats. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk and then stir in the nuts and grated orange and lemon rind. Roll, cut and fry in hot fat. Doughnuts 2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sugar i/^ teaspoonful cinnamon 1 egg 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder flour to make a soft dough 1 cupful milk Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until light. Stir in the well beaten egg and the sweet milk. Sift the baking powder, salt and cinnamon with 1% cupfuls of flour and stir this mixture in, adding sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll % inch thick and cut. Fry, drain and when partly cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Sour Milk Doughnuts 2y2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoonful soda 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonful salt 2 eggs % teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful sour milk flour to make a soft dough Cream the butter, add the sugar and beat until light. Stir in the well beaten egg and alternately add the sour milk and 1% cupfuls of flour in which the soda, salt and cinnamon have been sifted. Add sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Roll ½ inch thick, cut and fry in hot fat. Drain and when somewhat cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Overnight Cookies 3 cupfuls dark brown sugar % cupful lard 1 cupful granulated sugar 6 cupfuls flour 4 eggs 1 tablespoonful soda % teaspoonful salt 1 tablespoonful cream of tartar % cupful butter 1 tablespoonful vanilla COOKIES AND DOUGHNUTS 49 Cream the sugars, butter and lard together until light. Add the beaten eggs and vanilla. Sift in the salt, flour, soda and cream of tartar. Mold in a loaf and let stand in a cool place, such as a refrigerator, overnight. Slice off in the morning and bake in a moderate oven. Do not let the loaf freeze durmg the night. CEEEALS

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