Part 14 (1/2)

Mix soda and mola.s.ses. Add other ingredients. Bake in m.u.f.fin pans 20 minutes or loaf 40 minutes.

MAPLE CAKE

1/4 cup fat 1 cup corn syrup 1-1/2 teaspoons mapline 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder 1-1/4 cups whole wheat flour 1/4 teaspoon soda 1/4 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup coa.r.s.ely cut nuts

Cream fat, syrup and mapline. Add beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with milk. Add flavoring and nuts last. Beat well.

Bake 20 minutes in layer pan. This quant.i.ty makes one layer.

COCOANUT SURPRISE

6 slices of bread cut in half 1/2 cup of milk 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon corn syrup 2 tablespoons cocoanut Tart jelly

Mix milk, egg yolk and corn syrup. Dip bread in this mixture and brown in frying pan, with small amount of fat. Spread with currant or other tart jelly, preserve or marmalade. Sprinkle with cocoanut and serve as cakes.

SOY BEAN WAFERS

1 cup soy beans, finely chopped 1/2 cup b.u.t.ter or shortening 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon lemon or vanilla 1/2 cup flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder

Soak beans over night, boil for 1 hour. Drain. Cool and put through food-chopper. Cream b.u.t.ter and sugar, add beans, egg. Sift flour with baking powder and add to first mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a baking sheet and bake 8 minutes in a hot oven.

APPLE SPICE CAKE

1/2 cup fat 1/2 cup sugar 1 beaten egg 1/3 cup mola.s.ses 1/2 cup tart apple sauce 1/2 cup raisins, dates, prunes or currants (chopped) 1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Cream fat and sugar. Add egg. Alternate dry ingredients (which have been sifted together) with the liquid. Add fruit last. Beat well. Bake as loaf about 15 minutes, or in m.u.f.fin pans about 25 minutes.

CRISP GINGER COOKIES

1 cup of mola.s.ses 2 tablespoons of fat 1 teaspoon soda and 1 teaspoon water (hot) 1 cup of flour 1 tablespoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt About 3 cups flour

Heat mola.s.ses and fat until fat is melted. Sift spices with one cup of flour. Dissolve soda in one teaspoon of hot water. Combine all and add enough more flour to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in moderate oven.

SOFT CINNAMON COOKIES

1 cup mola.s.ses 2 tablespoons fat 1/2 cup boiling water 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon ginger 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon of cloves

Mix mola.s.ses, fat, and boiling water. Sift dry ingredients. Add the liquid. Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot oven.

WARTIME FRUIT CAKE

1 cup honey or corn syrup 1 tablespoon fat 1 egg 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped dates, figs, prunes or raisins 3/4 teaspoon soda 2/3 cup milk