RAISIN BREAD

% cup butter 1 cup white sugar
eggs 1 cup raisins
1 tsp. soda z cup buttermilk
1 orange 4 cups flour
z tsp. salt

Put orange and raisins through food chopper. Cream butter and sugar
well. Add beaten eggs. Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Add flour alternately to
first mixture. Stir in minced raisins and orange. Bake in moderate oven

(350°) for 1 hour.
Mrs. E. Houchin, Olds.

MARSHMALLOW GINGERBREAD

% cup shortening % tsp. salt
1 cup sugar 4 tsp. cinnamon
% cup molasses (sweet) 4 tsp. allspice
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2% cups flour tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. soda 2 eggs unbeaten
1 tsp. ginger 1 cup hot water

Cream sugar and shortening, add molasses and eggs well beaten. Add
sifted dry ingredients alternately with water. Spread one-half of batter on
well greased pan. Cut up marshmallows and lay on top of this, then add
the rest of the batter. Cover all the marshmallows. Bake in oven at 350° for

45 minutes or until done.
Mrs. G. Whitney, Wetaskiwin.

OUR FAVORITE GINGERBREAD

% cup white sugar % cup butter or other shortening
1 egg 1 cup molasses
22 cups sifted flour 1 tsp. ginger
13 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup hot water
z tsp. salt

Cream shortening and sugar. Add beaten egg and molasses. Add dry
ingredients which have been sifitted together. Add hot water last and beat
until smooth. This batter is soft but makes a fine cake. Bake in greased
shallow pan at 350° for 35 minutes. Serve in squares with flavored sweetene
whipped cream. ;

Mrs. Marshall Hill, Pibroch.

BANANA BREAD

4 cup butter or margarine % cups flour
1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder
1 egg % tsp. soda
3 ripe bananas (mashed) salt

Cream the shortening, add the sugar and egg. Then the mashed bananas.
Sift the dry ingredients and add. Bake in 350° oven.

Mrs. D. A. Turner, Edmonton.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his
table than when his wife talks Greek. — Dr. Johnson.

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