a pitcher and add one teaspoon
of baking soda. Stir to thoroughly dissolve the soda and then use this
to mix the flour to a dough. Knead well in the bowl with a spoon and
then turn on a slightly floured board and roll or pat out one
inch thick. Cut with a large biscuit cutter and brush the top with
shortening and bake in a hot oven for eighteen minutes.

APRICOT SHORTCAKE

One-half cup of sugar,
Four tablespoons of shortening,
Yolk of one egg.

Cream until light and frothy, and then add

Four tablespoons of water,
One cup of flour,
Two level teaspoons of baking powder.

Beat to thoroughly mix and then pour into well-greased layer cake pan.
Bake for twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Split and fill with cooked
apricots and then place in a bowl

White of one egg, left over,
One-half glass of jelly.

Beat to thoroughly mix with the Dover egg-beater until it forms a
stiff meringue. Pile on top of cake and garnish with single piece of
apricot.

HUCKLEBERRY SHORTCAKE

Place in a mixing bowl

Three-quarters cup of sugar,
One egg,
Four tablespoons of shortening,
Two cups of flour,
Four teaspoons of baking powder,
Three-quarters cup of water.

Beat and mix and then pour into well-greased oblong pan and bake in a
moderate oven twenty minutes. Cool and then split, and fill with the
prepared berries and serve with custard sauce.

To prepare the huckleberries for the shortcake, place in a saucepan

Two cups of stewed huckleberries,
One-half cup of cornstarch,
One cup of brown sugar.

Stir to dissolve and then bring to a boil and cook slowly for five
minutes. Add one-half teaspoon of nutmeg and then cool and use for the
filling.

LEMON DUMPLINGS

Place in a bowl:

One tablespoon of baking powder,
One cup of flour,
One and one-half cups of fine bread crumbs,
One cup of chopped suet,
One cup of brown sugar,
Juice of one lemon,
Two eggs,
Grated rind of one-half lemon,
One and one-half cups of milk.

Beat to thoroughly mix and then pour into well-greased mould and boil
for one and one-quarter hours. Serve with lemon sauce.

PEACH CAKE

Place in a mixing bowl

Three-quarters cup of sugar,
One egg,
Four tablespoons of shortening,
Two cups of flour,
Four level tablespoons of baking powder,
Three-quarters cup of water.

Beat just enough to mix and then pour into a deep well-greased and
floured layer-cake pan. Cover the top t