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Allied cookery

1916

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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Heat the waffle irons, butter them lightly, pour into the middle a teaspoonful of the mixture; cook to a golden brown on both sides of the cakes. When done, should be quite thin like an ice cream wafer. These are delicious but it is necessary to have the proper irons. PETS DE NONNE proportions: 2>^ cups water, 3 oz. butter, i]4 oz. sugar, a pinch salt, grated rind i lemon, }4 lb. flour, 4 whole eggs. Boil together the water, but- ter, sugar, and salt for two minutes. When the liquid is boiling remove the stew-pan from fire and add the flour all at once, then the 102 Allied CooKery lemon peel. When half cool add the eggs one by- one. Drop by spoonfuls in hot frying fat, which must not be too hot. When a golden brown remove from fire, drain, and roll in fine sugar. BRIOCHE DE LA LUNE 3)issolve 2 yeast cakes in i cup of warm water; mix this into >^ lb. of flour, a pinch of salt, i even tablespoon of sugar and 2 pounded cardamon seeds. Put 2 dessert-spoonsful of warm water in a bowl and place the dough in it and put in a very warm place to rise. Then work soft >^ of a lb. of butter and mix into it 8 eggsBrioche de la Lune and ^ of a lb. of flour by degrees so that a smooth paste is obtained; when the paste is smooth and shining add to it the yeast, butter, and i dessert-spoonful of cream. Leave in gentle temperature 4 or 5 hours or until the dough has risen to twice its size. Roll out on a board yi of an inch thick, spread thinly with softened butter, then turn the edges over to the center to make 3 layers. Roll out yi an inch thick. Cut into small squares. With a wet finger make a hole in the center of each; into this hole put a piece of the dough in the shape of a little pear; brush the top lightly with the yolk of ^zg. Let it rise again and then bake in a mod- erate oven about 20 minutes. Allied CooKery 103 VICTORIA SCONES (English) Two cups of flour, 4 teaspoonsful of baking powder, 2 teaspoonsful of sugar, yi teaspoon of salt, 4 tablespoonsful of butter, 2 eggs, Y^ cup of creamVictoria Scones. Mix and sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Rub in butter, add beaten eggs and cream. Roll out on floured board ^ in. thick, cut out with a small biscuit cutter, and brush over with white of ^gg. Bake in a hot oven 15 minutes. NUT BREAD (New England) fIDix 3 cups of flour with 4 teaspoonsful of baking powder and i teaspoonful of salt. In another bowl beat together yi cup of sugar, I ^gg, I cup of milk, and i cup of English walnuts broken in piecesNut Bread. Add the dry ingredients to this mixttLre and let rise 20 minutes, then bake in a loaf 30 to 40 minutes. BRAN MUFFINS ■' (New England) flDix 2 cups of bran, i cup of flour, i cup of milk, yi cup molasses, i teaspoon of soda, and a pinch of saltBran Muffins. I04 Allied CooKery Bake 20 minutes. To this may be added some chopped nuts and raisins. SCOTCH SCONES fIDix 3 teaspoons of baking powder with 3 cups of flour. Rub in i tablespoon of butter, add i cup of currants or raisins, i beaten eggy and enough milk to make a paste to roll out. Cut into squares or rounds and bake in a quick oven. BLINNI (Russian) Blinni