Plain Shortcake

Two cupfuls of Albers flour, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one egg and a little salt. Beat thoroughly with a spoon. Pour this into the baking-pan and smooth a little with a spoon.

Peach Or Strawberry Shortcake

Rub piece of butter the size of an egg into a little Albers flour, pour in two cupfuls of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda and a little salt. Mix into dough and roll into cakes one-half of an inch thick and about the size of a pie tin. Prick with a fork and bake in a quick oven. When done split them open with a knife and spread with butter, lay the bottom piece on a plate and cover it with strawberries nearly an inch deep. The strawberries should be sprinkled with sugar a few hours before.

Hot Cross Buns

Sift together one quart of Albers flour, one-half teaspoon salt, one cup of sugar, three scant teaspoons baking powder. Rub in one-half cup butter, then add one-half pound cleaned currants, one-half teaspoon nutmeg, one-quarter pound cut citron, one-quarter pound seeded raisins, one-half teaspoon allspice. Beat two eggs, add one-half cup milk, and stir into the dry mixture, adding sufficient milk to mix to a firm dough. Mold into round buns, lay two inches apart on greased pans, brush with milk. Cut cross on each, sprinkle cut with granulated sugar, and bake in hot oven.

English Breakfast Rolls

Roll one-quarter of a pound of butter into a pound of Albers flour; then add a tablespoonful of yeast, and break in one egg. Mix it with a little warm milk poured into the middle of the flour; stir all well together, and set it by the fire to rise; then make it into light dough and again set by the fire. Make up the rolls, lay them on a tin, and set them in front of the fire you put them into the oven, and brush them over with egg.

Gems

One pint of Albers flour, one teaspoon baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon sugar, three teaspoons melted butter, one cup milk, three eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Mix the same as for muffins, adding beaten whites last; bake in hot, well-greased iron gem pans.

Graham Gems

One and one-half pint graham flour, l/2 pint Indian corn meal, 1 teaspoonful salt, two teaspoons of baking powder, one and one-fourth pints milk. Sift together graham flour, corn meal, salt and powder. Add the milk, and mix into a moderately stiff batter. Half fill cold gem pans well greased. Bake in a solid hot oven ten or twelve minutes.

Johnny Cake

Take one cup cold boiled rice, one pint of Albers flour, two eggs, one quart of milk, one tablespoon of butter, and one teaspoonful of salt; beat very hard and bake quickly.

Raisin Bread

Dissolve a tablespoonful each of butter and lard in a cup of hot milk then add a cup of either cold water or milk to the hot milk to make lukewarm. Sift a quart of Albers flour with one teaspoonful salt, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, make a hole in center of flour and stir in half a cake of compressed yeast, which has been dissolved in a little luke-warm water; add part of your milk, stirring in the flour, then break in one or two eggs and the rest of the milk; beat up the dough lightly, which must be a stiff batter. Let it raise all night in a warm place and well covered. In the morning add a cupful each of raisins and currants, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and either some nutmeg or caraway seeds or lemon peel. Make into two loaves, working very little; let rise very lightly and bake three-quarters of an hour.

German Coffee Cake

Scald and cool to lukewarm half a pint of milk; add one heaping tablespoon of butter and two of sugar, a quarter of a yeast cake dissolved in a little warm water, a speck of salt, and Albers flour enough to make a soft bread dough. Let rise over night; knead in the morning early. Let it rise in a flat buttered tin. Rub butter over the top; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake for twenty to thirty minutes. Cut in squares and serve hot, with coffee.

Doughnuts - No. 2

Cupful of sugar, two eggs beaten light, one tablespoon of melted butter, cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoonful of baking powder and one very small teaspoonful of salt. Season to taste. Albers flour to knead as soft as possible. Fry in hot lard. Sour milk is as good by using one level teaspoonful of soda.

Crullers

One and one-half cups sugar, one cup milk, two eggs, two tablespoons butter, melted, one teaspoon each of vanilla and cinnamon, one-half teaspoon of salt, two teaspoons of baking powder mixed with two cups Albers flour and more flour to make a soft dough. Roll out, cut in squares, cut slits in each with jagging-iron and braid together. Fry in smoking-hot fat.