The royal baker and pastry cook : $b A manual of practical cookery

eggs, 1 cup milk, and 1 cup wheat flour, the first half-cupful of flour being mixed with 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, to make a very thick drop batter. Drop by spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle, cook slowly till brown, turn and brown other side. =Scotch Scones.=—1 quart flour, 1 teaspoon sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 large tablespoon lard, 2 eggs, nearly 1 pint milk. Sift together flour, sugar, salt, and powder; rub in lard cold; add beaten eggs and milk; mix into dough smooth and just consistent enough to handle. Flour the board, turn out dough, give it one or two quick kneadings to complete its smoothness; roll it out with rolling-pin to ⅛ inch in thickness, cut with sharp knife into squares larger than soda crackers, fold each in half to form three-cornered pieces. Bake on hot griddle 8 or 10 minutes; brown on both sides. =Hot Cross Buns.=—Sift together 1 quart flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 cup sugar, 3 scant teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Rub in ½ cup butter, then add ½ pound cleaned currants, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, ¼ pound cut citron, ¼ pound seeded raisins, ½ teaspoon allspice. Beat 2 eggs, add ½ cup milk, and stir into the dry mixture, adding enough more milk to mix to a firm dough. Mold into round buns, lay 2 inches apart on greased pans, brush with milk. Cut cross on each, sprinkle cut with granulated sugar, bake in hot oven. =German Coffee Cake.=—Sift together 3 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 scant teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Rub in 2 heaping tablespoons butter. Beat 2 eggs, add ⅔ cup milk, stir into dry mixture, adding more milk if necessary to mix to very stiff batter. Spread ⅔ inch thick in well-buttered shallow pan. Mix together 2 tablespoons flour, 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon. Rub in 2 tablespoons butter until it is crumbly. Spread thickly over top of dough, bake about ½ hour in moderate oven. =Drop Cakes.=—1 pint flour, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon