mix well. Add one cup of
molasses and four cups of sweet milk. Use chopped nuts or raisins or
both as desired. This will make three or four flat loaves. Place in
greased pans (four and a half by nine inches), and bake one hour in a
moderate oven.

JOHNNIE CAKE

Mix one cup flour and two cups corn-meal, one heaping teaspoon of soda,
one-half cup sugar, add two eggs beaten with one and one-half cups of
buttermilk, one half cup of molasses and one-half cup of shortening,
melted. Beat all ingredients as fast as possible for a minute. Pour the
dough into a warm, well-buttered pan and bake quickly and steadily for
half an hour. The dough should be as soft as gingerbread dough. Serve
hot.

EGGLESS GINGERBREAD WITH CHEESE

Sift two cups of flour, one teaspoon of soda, one-half teaspoon of salt
and two teaspoons of ginger. Melt three-fourths cup of grated cheese in
one-half cup of hot water, add one-half cup of molasses and blend
perfectly. Add the flour and seasonings very gradually and beat
thoroughly. Bake in muffin rings for fifteen minutes and serve while
warm.

GINGERBREAD

To one cup of molasses add one cup of milk, sour or sweet, dissolve one
teaspoon of soda in the milk, one tablespoon of butter, one or two eggs,
one teaspoon of ginger and one of ground cinnamon, add enough sifted
flour to make a light batter. Bake in a shallow pan.

WHITE NUT BREAD

Mix two and one-half cups of flour, four teaspoons of baking-powder,
one-half teaspoon of salt, one-half cup of sugar and one-half cup of
walnut meats, broken; add one egg beaten with one cup of milk and let
this mixture stand for about twenty minutes in well-greased breadpan
before placing in a moderate oven to bake. Bake about an hour. Better
day after it is made.

BAKING-POWDER BISCUITS

Sift two cups of flour with one-half teaspoon of salt, four teaspoons of
baking-powder, and four tablespoons of butter; cut butter in with two
knives and mix with one-half to two-thirds cup of water or milk, stir
this in quickly with a knife, when well mixed place on a well-floured
board and roll out about one inch thick, work quickly, cut with a
biscuit cutter or the cover of a half-pound baking-powder can; place on
a greased pan and bake quickly in a well-heated quick oven tea to
fifteen minutes.

Butter substitutes may be used in place of butter.

DROP BISCUIT

Add to ingredients for baking-powder biscuit enough more milk or water
to make a thick drop