No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting it, not by giving in. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy		Breads, Misc, 1941	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Flour
3	tb	Shortening
3	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Salt
1	tb	Sugar
1/2		Lemon rind, grated
1/4	c	Sugar
1		Egg, well beaten
1/2	c	Seedless raisins Citron Milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Cut in
shortening.  Add grated lemon rind, sugar, egg, raisins, and enough milk to
make a soft dough that can be molded. Pat into sheet 1 inch thick and cut
into rounds, or mold small amounts into round buns. Stick a bit of citron
in the top of each. Reserve a little of the egg to brush over the top.
Place on well-oiled baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (450&deg; F) 12-15 minutes.
Brush top with 1 tablespoon sugar moistened with a little cream. Serve hot.
12 servings. Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.
Converted by MMCONV vers. 1.20
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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