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Very many of the so-called honey cooking recipes are valueless, for 

 when the ingredients are put together and made into a cake the result 

 i. c . simply vile. The recipes given below have been tested, and every 

 one is guaranteed to be good. The honey-jumble recipe, for instance, 

 is especially good, as is the honey-cake recipe by Maria Fraser. 



Honey Cooking Recipes. 



Honey-gems. 2 qts. flour, 3 tablespoonfuls melted lard, £ pint 

 honey, £ pt. molasses, 4 heaping tablespoonfuls brown sugar, 1^ level 

 tablespoonfuls soda, 1 level teaspoonful salt, ^ pint water, \ teaspoonful 

 extract vanilla. 



Honey-jumbles. 2 quarts flour, 3 tablespoonfuls melted lard, 1 pt. 

 honey, J pt. molasses, 1^ level tablespoonfuls soda, 1 level teaspoonful 

 salt, £ pint water, \ teaspoonful vanilla. 



These jumbles and the gems immediately preceding are from re- 

 cipes used by bakeries and confectioners on a large scale, one firm in 

 Wisconsin alone using ten tons of honey annually in their manufacture. 



Honey-cake or Cookies without sugar or molasses. Two cups 

 honey; one cup butter; four eggs (mix well); one cup buttermilk (mix); 

 one good quart flour; one level teaspoonful soda or saleratus. If it is 

 too thin, stir in a little more flour. If too thin it will fall. It does 

 not want to be as thin as sugar-cake. I use very thick honey. Be 

 sure to use the same cup for measure. Be sure to mix the honey, eggs 

 and butter well together. You can make it richer if you like by using 

 clabbered cream instead of buttermilk. Bake in a rather slow oven, 

 as it burns very easily. To make the cookies, use a little more flour, 

 so that they will roll out well without sticking to the board. Any kind 

 of flavoring will do. I use ground orange-peel mixed soft. It makes 

 a very nice ginger-bread. 



Maria Fraser. 



Aikin's Honey-cookies. i teacupful extracted honey, 1 pint sour 

 cream, scant teaspoonful soda, flavoring if desired, flour to make a soft 

 dough. 



Soft Honey-cake, i cup butter, 2 cups honey, 2 eggs, 1 cup sour 

 milk, 2 teaspoonfuls soda, 1 teaspoonful ginger, 1 teaspoonful cinna- 

 mon, 4 cups flour. — Chalon Fowls. 



Ginger Honey-cake, i cup honey, £ cup butter, or drippings, 1 

 tablespoonful boiled cider, in half a cup of hot water (or £ cup sour milk 

 will do instead). Warm these ingredients together, and then add 1 

 tablespoonful" ginger and 1 teaspoonful soda sifted in with flour enough 

 to make a soft batter. Bake in a flat pan. — Chalon Fowls. 



Fowls' Honey Fruit-cake. \ cup butter, Z cup honey, $ cup apple 

 jelly or boiled cider, 2 eggs well beaten, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 teaspoon- 



