1 pound broken crackers or bread.

1 pound brown sugar or molasses.

1/2 pound currants.

1 ounce mixed ground spices, chiefly cinnamon.

1 pint cold water.

1/2 pint hard cider, or vinegar and water.

1 pound suet chopped fine, or lard.

Soak the crackers or bread in the fluids awhile. Mix everything together. Cover the bottom of a baking pan with a very thin sheet of common short paste. Pour in the mixture to be 11/2 inches deep. Cover with another very thin sheet of paste. Brush over with milk. Bake to a light color in a slow oven about three-quarters of an hour. Cut out squares either hot or cold.

Cost of material - bread 3, sugar 8, currants 5, spice 5. cider 2, suet 10, pie-paste 11; 44 cents for 6 or 7 pounds or 14 squares.