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out a spoonful and coolins it. If you get it too thick it will candy. Any 

 other fruit-juice treat just the same. 



Moore's Honey Ginger-Snaps. — One pint of honey, one teaspoonful 

 of ginger, and one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little water, and two 

 eggs. Mix all, then work in all the flour possible, roll very thin, and bake 

 in a moderately hot oven. Any flavoring extracts can be added, as you 

 may wish. 



Moore's Honey Jumbles or Cookies are made in the same way as the 

 above, without any sugar or syrup, but add some shortening. In using 

 honey for any kind of cakes, the dough must be as stiff with flour as pos- 

 sible, to keep them from running out of the stove. 



To Spice Apples, Pears or Peaches. — One quart of best vinegar, i 

 quart of honey, Yz ounce each of cloves and stick cinnamon. Boil all 

 together 15 minutes, then put in the fruit, and cook tender. Put in a 

 stone jar with enough of the syrup to cover the fruit. It will keep as 

 long as wanted. 



For Sugar Curing 100 Pounds of Meat. — Eight pounds of salt, i 

 quart of honey, 2 ounces of saltpeter, and 3 gallons of water. Mix, and 

 boil until dissolved, then pour it hot on the meat. 



Mrs, Barber's Honey-Candy. — One quart honey, i small teacup of granu- 

 lated sugar, butter size of an egg, 2 tablespoons strong vinegar. Boil until 

 it will harden when dropped into cold water, then stir in i small tea- 

 spoonful of baking soda. Pour into buttered plates to cool. Without the 

 vinegar and soda it can be pulled or worked a long time, and is just the 

 thing for an old-fashioned candy pull, as it is not sticky, and yet is soft 

 enough to pull nicely. 



Scripture Honey-Cake. — One cupful of butter — Judges v. 25 ; 3 J^ 

 cupf uls of flour — I. Kings iv, 22 ; 2 cupfuls of sugar — Jeremiah vi. 20 ; 

 2 cupfuls of raisins — I. Samuel xxx. i j ; 2 cupfuls of figs — I. Samuel 

 XXX. 12; I cupful of water — Genesis xxiv. 17; i cupful of almonds — Gen- 

 esis xliii. 11; little salt — Leviticus ii. 13; 6 eggs — Isaiah x. 14; large spoon- 

 ful of honey — Exodus xvi. 31; sweet spices to taste — I. Kings x. 2. 



Follow Solomon's advice for making good boys, and you will have a 

 good cake — Prov. xxiii. 14. Sift two teaspoonfuls of baking powder in the 

 flour; pour boiling water on the almonds to remove the skins, seed the 

 raisins, and chop the figs. It makes one large or two small cakes. 



Mrs. Barber's Honey-Cookies. — One large teacupful of honey. One 

 egg broken into the cup the honey was measured in, then 2 large spoon- 

 fuls sour milk, and fill the cup with butter or good beef dripping. Put in 

 one teaspoonful of soda and flour to make a soft dough. Bake in a mod- 

 erate oven a light brown. 



Gotham Honey Ginger-Cake. — Rub ^ of a pound of butter into a 

 pound of sifted flour; add a teacupful of brown sugar, 2 tablespoon f uls 

 each of ground ginger and caraway seed. Beat 5 eggs, and stir in the 

 mixture, alternately, with a pint of extracted honey. Beat all together 

 until very light. Turn into a shallow square pan, and set in a moderate 

 oven to bake for one hour. When done, let cool and cut into squares. 



Mrs. Aikin's Honey Apple-Butter. — One gallon good cooking apples, 

 I quart honey, i quart honey-vinegar; i heaping teaspoonful ground cin- 



