Quantity Cookery: Menu Planning and Cooking for Large Numbers

by Lenore Richards; Nola Treat

Ingredients	Amount	Weight	Calories	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Sugar	10 c.
Eggs	14
Sour cream	3 qt.
Salt	1 tbsp.
Flour	4 qt.
Baking powder	¾ c.
Soda	2 tbsp.
Raisins	2 qt.
Cinnamon	4 tbsp.
Cloves	1½ tbsp
Allspice	3 tbsp.
Molasses	1 c.
Lemon juice	1 tbsp.

Cream the sugar and egg yolks and add the sour cream. Add the molasses and lemon juice. Mix the dry ingredients and add to the mixture. Add the raisins and the beaten egg whites. Three quarts of sour milk and one and one half pounds of fat may be used instead of sour cream. This makes ten two-layer cakes, nine and one fourth inches in diameter.

Number of servings 160
Amount in one serving 1 slice
Calories in one serving______
Cost of one serving______

SUGAR COOKIES

Ingredients	Amount	Weight	Calories	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Brown sugar	2 qt.
Butter substitute		3 lb.
Flour	5 qt.
Soda	2 tsp.
Vanilla	2 tbsp.
Water	3 c.
Salt	1½ tbsp.

Cream the fat and sugar. Mix the dry ingredients and add with the water to the fat and sugar. This will make a soft dough which will not roll out until thoroughly chilled. Keep the dough in the refrigerator and take out only that portion which may be rolled at one time. Roll very thin, cut into cookies three and one half inches in diameter and bake on a floured pan.

Number of servings 300
Amount in one serving One 3½ in. cooky
Calories in one serving______
Cost of one serving______

WASHINGTON PIE

Ingredients	Amount	Weight	Calories	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Cake recipe (see page [169])	12 layers
Chocolate filling (see page [175])	3 qt.

Split the layers of cake in half. Spread them with one cup of chocolate filling. Put the top over the filling and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut each layer in eight wedge-shaped pieces.