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sugar, and a teaspoonful of carbonate of potash. Let it stand for two hours before the fire previous to being baked.
SHORTBREAD.
Take two pounds of flour, one pound of butter, fresh or salt, quarter pound of pounded loaf sugar. Mix the sugar with one pound and a half of the flour; then melt the butter, and pour it when cooling upon this mixture, stirring it quickly. With the remainder of the flour, make it into a circle half an inch thick; cut into eight, and notch each bit round the edge with the point of the finger. Put the pieces upon white paper dusted with flour, then into tins, and bake in a moderate oven.
CURRANT LOAF.
Send to the baker to be put into a quartern loaf, three quarters of a pound of currants cleaned, quarter pound of butter, quarter of sugar, half an ounce of cinnamon.
This bread maybe much improved by the addition of raisins, almonds, and more butter.
PLAIN NEW YEAR'S DAY BUN.
Clean and stone one pound of raisins; clean three of currants; add half a pound of orange peel, the same quantity of almonds blanched and split, one ounce of Jamaica pepper, one of ginger, a grated nutmeg, and half an ounce of cinnamon. Send the above to the baker to be made into a half peck bun.
By getting your bun made in this way, a saving is effected.
