This section is from the "The Bride's Cook Book" book, by E. W. Briggs. Also see Amazon: The Bride's Cook Book.
One cup butter (or one-half butter and one-half lard), one cup sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, or use one teaspoon lemon flavoring. Albers flour enough to handle. Moisten the tops with beaten egg before putting in oven.
One cupful butter, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of brown sugar, one beaten egg, one teaspoonful of vinegar, one large teaspoonful baking soda, dissolved in a little hot water, ginger and other spices to taste. Enough Albers flour to make a dough that can be rolled out. Roll thin, cut and bake.
Work three-quarters of a pound of butter into one and one-half pounds of Albers flour, one-half pound of sugar and three eggs beaten. Add one-fourth of a nutmeg grated, one-half teaspoonful lemon or vanilla extract. Mix well, roll out to the thickness of about one-eighth of an inch, grate loaf sugar over the dough, cut it with a biscuit or cake cutter, so that there will be a hole in the center. Lay them on flat tin plates and bake ten minutes in quick oven.
Two cups of sugar, two cups of butter, three eggs, one cup raisins, ore of currants (chopped), and teaspoonful each of cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and soda dissolved in three tablespoonfuls of whiskey or sweet milk, four cups Albers flour. Do not roll, but drop on tins.
One cupful of sugar, one cupful of butter, one-half cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, two eggs, two cupfuls oat meal, two cupfuls white Albers flour, one cupful of chopped raisins. Mix soft and roll. Cut in squares or with a cooky cutter. These are very delicious.
Whites of four eggs, one-hall" cup sugar, one cup Albers flour, one-half teaspoon baking powder, two tablespoons cream, two teaspoon extract cinnamon. Mix as for cakes without butter and bake in patty pans in a quick oven. Ice with water icing flavored with cinnamon extract.
Take two pounds of sugar, one pound of butter (one-half lard may be used), two eggs, one-half pint of molasses, one-half pint of water, one teaspoonful of soda; spices to suit the taste.
One cup brown sugar, one cup Albers flour silted twice, one small tea spoon of salt, one scant half cup of molasses, one scant half cup butter, two eggs, well beaten, one cup of chopped walnuts, drop from end of knife on well buttered tins; bake in slow oven; place them about three inches apart; lift from pan with sharp knife or.cake turner.
Two eggs, one cup sifted Albers Hour, one cup milk, half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful melted butter. Beat eggs very light, add salt, flour and milk alternately; then add butter. Heat muffin pans very hot and add one teaspoonful butter for each muffin; fill half full and bake thirty-five minutes.

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