This section is from the book "Three Hundred Favorite Recipes", by The Floral League Of The First Congregational Church. See also: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
From Mrs. H. C. Botsford
Three cupfuls flour, 1/2 cupful sugar, 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt. Sift all together; add 1 1/2 cupfuls sweet milk and 1 1/2 cupfuls of walnuts chopped. Bake 1/2 of an hour.
From Mrs. W. H. Matson
Sift together 4 cupfuls flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 cupful sugar, and 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Add 2 cupfuls milk and 2 well beaten eggs, 1 cupful chopped nuts, and 1 cupful raisins. Let stand 20 minutes and bake 40 minutes in moderate oven.
 
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