• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, separated
• ½ teaspoon vanilla or other flavoring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients, adding egg whites last. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until just starting to brown. Serve warm with fresh fruit.

from Great-Grandmother Jennie Harding Marshall (photo dated 1900)