One cup brown sugar, one pint molasses, one-half pint lard, one-half ounce alum, one-half pint warm water, one ounce soda, two tablespoons ginger, flour enough to stiffen, and roll. Beat an egg well, and spread on the top of cakes just before baking.
SUGAR SNAPS. MRS. SUSIE SEFFNER.
One cup butter, two cups sugar, three eggs, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon ginger.
SAND CAKES. MRS. ABBIE A. LUCAS.
One pound corn starch, one-half pound butter, one pound sugar, eight eggs, two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream; then add one egg and a little corn starch alternately until the whole is in. Bake a light brown in patty pans, in a quick oven. They are improved by frosting.
COCOANUT COOKIES. MRS. A. A. LUCAS.
Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half cup sour cream, one-fourth teaspoon soda, two eggs; mix as soft as you can; roll thin, and bake quick. Make an icing of whites of four eggs, one pound of sugar, and as much grated or desiccated cocoanut as you can stir in. Spread on cookies after they are baked.
LEMON CRACKERS. MRS. A. O. JOHNSON.
Three cups of sugar, one cup of lard, one pint of sweet milk, two eggs, five cents worth of lemon oil, five cents worth of baking ammonia. Pound the ammonia fine, and pour on it half a teacup of boiling water. Mix as stiff as bread; roll out, and cut.