the biscuits. I think those will not be hurt by
standing any more than the cocoa will. But this rule I think you will
have to multiply by three."

BAKING-POWDER BISCUITS

1 pint of sifted flour.
1/2 teaspoonful of salt.
4 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder.
3/4 cup of milk.
1 tablespoonful of butter.

Put the salt and baking-powder in the flour and rub the butter
into these with a spoon; little by little add the milk, mixing all
the time; lift the dough out on the floured board, dust it over
with flour, and flour the rolling-pin; roll out lightly, just
once, till it is an inch thick. Flour your hands and make it into
little balls as quickly as you can; put a very little flour on the
bottom of a shallow pan, and put the biscuits in it, close
together. Bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes, or till they
are brown.

These were great fun to make, and when the very last panful was done,
Mildred tucked all the little brown biscuits up in a big fresh towel,
and put them in a pan in the warming oven to keep hot till they were
needed. At that very minute, they heard sleigh-bells, and everybody
rushed to throw open the door and let the party in. Such shouting and
laughing and talking you never heard in all your life! All the boys and
girls had been out to the House in the Woods often before, and they were
so glad to come again, they hardly knew what to do.

While they were taking off their wraps, Jack slipped out into the
kitchen and demanded the frying-pan. "See," he said proudly, opening a
box, "here are the cheese dreams, all ready to cook! Aren't they fine?"

"Lovely!" exclaimed his mother, and then added, with a merry twinkle in
her eyes, "you'll be a great cook yet, Jack!"

This was the receipt Jack had used to make them:

CHEESE DREAMS

(Six large sandwiches)

12 slices of bread, cut half an inch thick.
12 thin slices of cheese.
1 pinch of soda, cayenne pepper, and salt for each slice.

Put together like sandwiches, and then cut into rounds. Heat a
frying-pan very hot, melt a teaspoonful of butter in it, and lay
in two or three sandwiches; when one side is brown, turn it over
and cook the other; take from the pan and lay in the oven in a pan
on a paper till all are ready.

[Illustration: Jack Fried the "Cheese Dreams"]

Of course Jack had made more than six sandwiches, for he knew everybody
would want two apiece;