Cooking as it was taught in 1915 — lesson by lesson, with the questions and the home-work forms the students filled in.

Leavening Agents

2 pages in this part of Student's Manual in Household Arts.

Leavening Agents (To leaven is to cause to rise)

To leaven is to cause to rise or to make light. Unless something is added to a flour mixture to make it light and porous the digestive…

Leavening Agents (C flour t cinnamon t cloves t)

3 C. flour 1 t. cinnamon 1 t. cloves 1 t. ginger 1 t. soda 2 t. salt C. butter 1/2 C. sugar 1 C. molasses 1 C. boiling water 2 well beaten…

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