Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book, (c)1914 — the great household encyclopedia: cleaning, curing, building, baby care, and a whole cookbook bound in.

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts

11 pages in this part of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book.

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts

Maple Hermits. cupful maple sugar, cupful butter, 2½ cupfuls flour, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful milk, teaspoonful cloves, 1 teaspoonful…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Flour

Sour-Cream Cookies. 1 cupful sour cream, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 cupful sugar, Dash salt, Flour, teaspoonful nutmeg inch COOKIES, CAKES, AND…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Cream

Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually and eggs well beaten. Add soda dissolved in water, half the flour mixed and sifted with salt and…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Chocolate

Chocolate Hearts. 3 ounces Runkel's Chocolate, 1 pound powdered sugar, Whites 3 eggs, 1 teaspoonful McIlhenny's Mexican Vanilla.

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Calumet

Chocolate Cookies. 1 cupful butter, 1 cupful brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, teaspoonful cloves, MRS. CURTIS'S COOKBOOK 1…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Bake

One, Two, Three, Four Cookies. 1 cupful butter, 2 cupfuls sugar, 3 cupfuls flour, 4 eggs, 1½ teaspoonfuls Calumet baking powder…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: McIlhenny

Nun's Gems. 1 cupful sugar, 1 cupful butter, 5 eggs, teaspoonful cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful McIlhenny's Mexican Vanilla, Grated rind 1 lemon…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Strips

Cinnamon Strips. 2 cupfuls brown sugar, 4 eggs, cupful shredded almonds, Grated peel 1 lemon, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Cake

Cocoa Cake. cupful butter, 2 cupfuls coffee sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cupful sour milk, 1 scant teaspoonful Calumet baking soda, 2 cupfuls flour…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Beat

Beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the milk, soda dissolved in a little warm water, then the flour, which has been sifted twice…

Cookies, Cakes, and Doughnuts: Pour

Pour the batter into a well-buttered pan, and bake fifty minutes. This a 6 a, Dover Egg-beater: b, Grater: c. Omelet Pan. makes one small…

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