One cup of brown sugar,
  Four tablespoons of shortening.

Cream well and then add

  One cup of mashed sweet potatoes,
  One and one-half cups of flour,
  One teaspoon of baking powder,
  One-half teaspoon of nutmeg,
  Three-quarters cup of raisins,
  One egg.

Work to a smooth dough and then roll out on floured pastry board and cut one-quarter inch thick and then bake for eight minutes in a hot oven.

WEST INDIES SWEET POTATO PUDDING

  One cup of brown sugar,
  Three tablespoons of shortening.

Cream well and then add

  Two cups of sweet potatoes that have been rubbed through a fine
          sieve,
  One and one-quarter cups of milk,
  One well-beaten egg,
  One-quarter teaspoon of salt,
  One-half teaspoon of cinnamon.

Beat to thoroughly mix and then pour in a baking dish and bake in a moderate oven for thirty-five minutes.

SWEET POTATO BISCUIT

  Two cups of mashed sweet potatoes,
  One cup of milk,
  Four tablespoons of shortening,
  One egg,
  Four tablespoons of sugar.

Beat to mix and then sift together

  One quart of flour,
  Three tablespoons of baking powder,
  One and one-half teaspoons of salt.

Add to the potato mixture and work to a smooth dough.  Roll on a slightly floured pastry board and cut with knife into square.  Place on a baking sheet and wash well with milk, then bake in hot oven for fifteen minutes.

SWEET POTATO PUDDING, KENTUCKY STYLE

Pare four large sweet potatoes and then cut in thin paper-like slices.  Now grease a baking dish well and place a layer of prepared sweet potatoes, and then dust lightly with cinnamon and cover with four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar.  Repeat until the dish is full and then place.

  One and one-half cups of milk in a bowl

And add

  One whole egg,
  Yolk of one egg,
  One-half cup of sugar.

Beat well to mix and then add

  Two teaspoons of vanilla.

Pour over the potatoes and bake for fifty minutes in a slow oven.  Add to white of egg, which has been left over for this purpose, and add one-half glass of currant jelly.  Beat until the mixture will hold its shape and then pile high on the cold pudding and serve.

SWEET POTATO PINEAPPLE

Wash and cook until tender six large sweet potatoes and then pare and mash well and then add

  One tablespoon of butter,
  One teaspoon of salt,
  One-half teaspoon of pepper.

Pile on a baking dish and mould to shape of a pineapple.  Make the pineapples eyes with the handle of a spoon and then brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with fine bread crumbs and then with two tablespoons of grated cheese.  Bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes.