MUFFINS. MRS. W. C. BUTCHER.
Three eggs beaten separately, one-half cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of butter, one pint of sweet milk, two heaping teaspoons of baking powder; add flour to make it as thick as cake batter.
MUFFIN OR SHORTCAKE DOUGH. MRS. DR. McMURRAY.
Two pints of flour, three tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon of melted butter, one egg, one pint of sweet milk, three teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in a quick oven in muffin rings, or drop the dough from the end of your spoon as you do for drop cake. To be eaten hot. Try with a broom splint, as cake. Enough for four or five large persons.