Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1892 — THE KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

THE KITCHEN.

Cakes and Cookies. Ginger Snaps.— One cupful of molasses, one egg, one-half cup sugar, one cupful lard, one small spoonful of ginger and one of soda, and flour to work up quite stiff. Roll thin, and bake in a moderate oven. Cinnamon Cookies. —One egg, one cupful of sugar, one cupful molasses, one-half cup lard, one spoonful each of soda, vinegar, and cinnamon. Roll thin, and bake quickly. Always salt any article where lard is used in place of butter. Water is better than milk in most cooky recipes. Hickory nut meats are nice for the top of sugar cookies. Molasses Cookies.— One cupful of sugar, one cupful molasses, one cupful lard or butter, one-half cup hot water, spoonful each of soda, ginger and cinnamon, and flour to roll thick. Mark into cards, sprinkle with sugar, and bake. In the recipes calling for molasses, the best New Orleans must be used in order to obtain the best results, and that, must never be used without soda. Ginger Drops. —One-half cup each of molasses, sugar, lard, and boiling water, one teaspoonful of albm dissolved in the water, and one Spoonful of soda. Add ginger and Cinnamon, and flour to stir very stiff. Place dabs as large as walnuts on tins, sr they will not touch; place a raisin on top of each. Bake in a moderate oven. If properly made, these are a good substitute for the “frosted creams” so generally liked, and may be made far cheaper than they are sold. Coffee Cakes. —One cupful molasses, one cupful coffee, one cupful butter, one egg, one spoonful and one cupful seeded raisins. Nut meg or cinnamon to flavor'. Flour to roll about one-half inch thick. Cut in round cakes, sprinkle thickly with sugar, and bake slowly.

A Tennessee law prohits the sale of loose cotton between sunrise and sunset, the object being to protect planter* from the theft of their cotton by night. Under tliis law- thirty indictments were returned against G. N. Trust, doing business near Memphis, who had been buying loose cotton at night from colored men whom he knew had stolen it. Six negroes who testified in the cases were held for perjury.