The New century cook book

One pint milk, lukewarm, one cake compressed yeast, one teaspoon salt, add flour to make a stiff batter; let it rise until light and spongy; then add one cup sugar, one cup raisins, one cup melted lard, two eggs well beaten, grated nutmeg for flavor. Let rise again until light, then roll out and put in pans. When light again beat one egg and spread it over the cakes and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over them and bake in quick oven until brown. Mrs. Albert Vorkeller. Coffee Cake. Three eggs, one cup sugar, one cup strong cold coffee, one cup molasses, one cup butter, one teaspoonful soda, three cups flour, chopped raisins, currants and citron, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves. Bake two hours. Mrs. B. F. Sheets, Oregon, Illinois. Coffee Cake. One-half cup sugar, one-fourth cup lard or butter, one-half pint milk, one-half cup yeast. Scald milk, add sugar and one-fourth teaspoon salt and the butter (melted) add yeast and stir in enough flour to make a batter. Beat until smooth and velvety, then let rise; then stir in enough flour to make a soft dough, so you can handle it. Let rise and when light roll and put into pans. When very light sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake. Mrs. B, F, Masters. New Century Cook Book. Coffee Cake. One cup molasses, one tablespoon soda bicarbonate; beat well together and add one cup of shortening or butter, one cup of cold coffee, one cup of sugar, two eggs, two teaspoons ground cinnamon, one-half teaspoon ground cloves, one ground nutmeg, one pound of seeded raisins rolled in flour. Stir well together with sufficient flour to make a stiff paste, then bake one hour in slow oven. This will make two fair-sized cakes. Mrs. H. W. Medbery. Coffee Cake (which keeps like fruit cake). Cream together one cupful sugar, one-half cupful butter, add two eggs and one cup of molasses, one-half cup of strong coffee, in which have been dissolved one scant teaspoonful of soda, two and one-half cups of flour, one cup of raisins, one of currants, one-quarter pound of citron, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Flavor with lemon. Bake in a moderate oven nearly an hour. Mrs. S. B. Jones. Coffee Cake. One cup of strong coffee cold, one-half cup of butter, one cup of brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one cup of raisins and one of currants; of spices each one teaspoonful, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in coffee; flour enough to make an ordinary thick batter. Mrs. A. D. Traveller. Cinnamon Cake. One cup sugar, one egg, half teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, half teaspoon allspice, one large tablespoon butter, one cup sour milk, small teaspoon soda, one cup seeded raisins, two cups flour. First mix the spice with sugar, then add butter and egg and other ingredients. Dissolve soda in milk. Mrs. A. S. O. Cinnamon Drops. Half cup of sugar, one cup molasses, one cup of lard, one cup warm water, two teaspoons soda, two teaspoons cinnamon. Drop in pan and bake. Crisp Sugar Cookies. One and one-half cups white sugar, two-thirds of a cup butter and lard, creamed; three eggs well beaten, three table- New Century Cook Book. spoons sour cream and one even teaspoon soda. Flour enough to roll thin. Bake in quick oven. Mrs. C. E. Wells. Cookie Receipt.