Small sugar cakes

from Martha

One heaping teacup of Sugar
3/4 teacup of Butter
1/4 teacup of sweet milk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons of baking power
1 teaspoon of soda dissolved in hot water
flour sufficient to enable you to roll out the dough
one spoonful salt
nutmeg and cinnamon to taste.
Cut in round cakes and bake quickly

Mrs Foulkes Cookies

This is a hand written recipe "Mrs Foulkse's Cookies" (sic)

2 eggs
2 cups Sugar
1 cup butter or lard
1 teaspoon soda
4 tablespoon hot water


This is one of the let the cook figure out the rest type of recipes,