Royal Individual Coffee Cakes
2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
4 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
Sift dry ingredients together; mix in shortening; add beaten egg to milk and add to dry ingredients to make soft dough; divide dough into six long, narrow pieces; with hands roll out on board each piece very long and thin; spread with butter; cut each in two and beginning in center twist two pieces together and bring ends around to form crescent. Put into greased pan; sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake in hot oven 15 to 20 minutes. While hot, brush over with thin icing made with 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar moistened with 1 tablespoon hot water.
Raisin Tea Ring
3 cups flour
6 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
1 cup raisins, washed, drained and floured
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Sift dry ingredients together; add raisins; to milk add melted shortening and beaten egg, and add to dry ingredients to make a soft dough; roll out lightly about 1/2-inch thick; divide into two long strips and twist together to form a ring; put into greased pan and sprinkle with sugar and nuts; allow to stand about 20 minutes. Bake in moderate oven 20 to 25 minutes.
Biscuits and Muffins
Of all foods for breakfast, nothing is so appetizing and satisfying, as light, flaky, hot Royal Baking Powder Biscuit, with a crisp, brown crust, just from the oven, broken apart and spread with butter, honey, jam or marmalade.