No. 263 Cheese Crackers
One and a half pints of flour, ½ pint of cornmeal, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder, 1 tablespoonful of butter, little more than ½ pint of milk; sift together flour, cornmeal, salt and powder; rub in the butter cold; add the milk; mix into a smooth, rather firm dough; flour the board; turn out the dough; give it a roll or two quickly, and roll it to the thickness of a quarter of an inch; cut out with a large round cutter; glaze the top as you would pies, and sprinkle cheese and cayenne pepper over top and bake ten minutes in hot oven; cheese straws can be made nearly the same way out of puff paste cut thin about ¼ of a yard long.