The Cookery Blue Book

New Orleans molasses melt a full cup of butter with a cup of brown sugar. Stir in 1 tablespoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon saleratus, dissolved in a little hot water, and flour enough to roll out. Take small pieces at a time to roll out. =Rich Cookies.= Yolks of 6 eggs, 1/2 roll butter, 1 cup bar sugar, 2-1/2 cups flour. Put a little of the flour in a deep dish, then add some egg, some butter and some sugar; then more flour, more egg and more sugar and butter until the entire amount of ingredients have been used. Roll thin, flour pans well and put in the cookies, which have been cut into forms and feathered with whites of egg, sugar and grated almonds. Not too quick an oven. =Hearts and Rounds.= 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 3 cups flour, 5 eggs, 2 even teaspoons cream tartar, 1 of soda. Flavor with vanilla or lemon. =Crullers.= 4 eggs, 5 large spoons melted butter, 4 of milk, 8 of sugar, 1 small teaspoon soda in milk. =Doughnuts.= 4 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1 of milk, butter size of an egg, 2 teaspoons yeast powder, a little salt. Season to taste, cinnamon and mace. =Gingerbread.= 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/4 pound butter, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon ginger, 2 eggs, well beaten, 2-1/2 cups flour. =Sugar Gingerbread.= 1 cup butter, 2 of sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1 teaspoon saleratus, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon ginger. Flour enough to roll very thin. =Molasses Gingerbread.= 1 cup New Orleans molasses, 1 full teaspoon soda put in molasses, 3/4 cup melted butter or nice drippings, 1/3 cup milk, 1 egg, 2 teaspoons ginger. Flour to stir, but not thick. =Soft Gingerbread--No. 1.= 3-1/2 cups flour, well sifted, 2 teaspoons yeast powder, sifted in 2 teaspoons ginger, 1 cup molasses, 1 of brown sugar, 1/2 of butter, 1 of milk, and 2 eggs, well beaten. =Soft Gingerbread--No. 2.= 1-1/2 cups molasses, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sour milk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon soda and 1/2 cup flour. Add ginger and