Huntsville Crackers.
Take a lump of risen dough, as large as your double fist, a heaping teaspoonful of loaf sugar, beaten with the yolk of an egg. Mix with the dough a lump of butter the size of a hen's egg and an equal quantity of lard, a tablespoonful of soda, dissolved in a cup of cream. Beat a long time, stirring in flour all the while, till quite stiff. Roll out, cut in square cakes and bake in a brisk oven.—Miss E. P.
Water Crackers.
1 lb. of flour.
1 teaspoonful of salt and the same of soda.
1 tablespoonful of lard.
Make up with sweet milk, beat well, roll thin, and bake quickly.
Wafers.
1 quart flour.
Yolk of one egg.