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Tea Cakes or Yorkshire Cakes - Mrs Thing - 
To about a pound of flour as much new Milk as will knead it into a very light paste - one good spoonful of yeast one Egg and as much Loaf Sugar as will sweeten a Cup of Tea - add a little Butter to the Milk or not as you like - work it well (it may almost be beaten with a Spoon) and let it stand to rise half an hour make it into Cakes - and let them stand to rise to their full height before they are put into the oven -
Sweet Tea Cakes - Mrs Thing -
To two pounds of flour put a quarter of a pound of Butter rub it well into the flour and mix it with a pint of Milk luke warm - two ounces of Sugar some Carraway Seeds and a little good yeast -
To take out grease - Mrs Thing -
Three ounces of Spirits of wine - Two ounces of Oil of Lemon mixed together - rubbed upon with Flannel -
Sweet Omelet -  Mrs Thing
Three ounces of Jordan almonds blanched well steeped all Night, in half a gill of good Milk - then beat very fine - add three Eggs well beaten, a few bread Crumbs a Savoye Biscuit with Sugar and Nutmeg to your taste mix it well together and dry it like an Omelet -

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Tea Cakes or Yorkshire Cakes - Mrs Thing - To about a pound of flour as much new Milk as will knead it into a very light paste - one good spoonful of yeast one Egg and as much Loaf Sugar as will sweeten a Cup of Tea - add a little Butter to the Milk or not as you like - work it well (it may almost be beaten with a Spoon) and let it stand to rise half an hour make it into Cakes - and let them stand to rise to their full height before they are put into the oven - Sweet Tea Cakes - Mrs Thing - To two pounds of flour put a quarter of a pound of Butter rub it well into the flour and mix it with a pint of Milk luke warm - two ounces of Sugar some Carraway Seeds and a little good yeast - To take out grease - Mrs Thing - Three ounces of Spirits of wine - Two ounces of Oil of Lemon mixed together - rubbed upon with Flannel - Sweet Omelet - Mrs Thing Three ounces of Jordan almonds blanched well steeped all Night, in half a gill of good Milk - then beat very fine - add three Eggs well beaten, a few bread Crumbs a Savoye Biscuit with Sugar and Nutmeg to your taste mix it well together and dry it like an Omelet -