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This may be tested, if there is no thermometer, by a square of bread which should brown in 60 seconds.

Snowballs

• 3 eggs
• 1⅓ c. sugar
• 1 tbsp. melted fat
• 1 c. sour milk
• ¼ tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. soda
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 3 c. flour

Beat eggs, add sugar, melted fat, sour milk and dry ingredients sifted twice. Then add enough flour to handle. Roll out ¼ inch thick and cut with small round cutter about one inch in diameter. Fry in deep fat, turning as soon as it comes to top. When cool, roll in powdered sugar. Makes about 150 snowballs.

Inexpensive Cakes

Raisin Cake

• 1 c. sugar
• ½ c. fat
• 1 c. raisins, cut fine
• 1 c. nuts, chopped fine
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp. soda
• 2 c. flour
• ½ tsp. cloves
• 1 c. sour milk or boiling water
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. nutmeg

Mix as butter cake. Very satisfactory plain cake. Bake in moderate oven as loaf.

Economy Cake

• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. water
• 1 c. raisins
• ½ c. fat
• 1 tsp. ginger
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. soda
• 2 c. flour