A Little Book for A Little Cook

A compact early-20th-century children's cookbook presents clear, step-by-step recipes and kitchen directions for breads, biscuits, cakes, muffins, puddings, and simple savory dishes, with precise measurements, oven temperatures, and practical tips for measuring, mixing, kneading, and baking. It includes updated notes for modern readers and ingredient substitutions, short how-to notes on yeast, dough rising, and double-boiler use, and quick sweets such as fudge and chocolate cake. Interspersed are short, encouraging notes aimed at young learners about household skills, meal planning, and the pleasures of cooking, intended to teach basic techniques and build confidence in the kitchen.