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lEgg . . . . 1 tablespoonful Flour 1 tablespoonful Jam . 1 teaspoonful Sugar . 1 teaspoonful Baking Powder Total Cost— 3d. Time— 5 Minutes. Mix the flour and baking powder together, beat the egg till very light, whisk in the sugar, and stir in the flour. Pour into a buttered tin, and bake five minutes ; turn on to a sugared paper spread with jam. Eoll up and serve. Custard sauce is nice with this. STANLEY PUDDING. 1 pint Milk 2 oz. Flour 1 oz. Sugar 2 Eggs . 1 spoonful Jam Total Cost— 6rf. 2d: Ti Id. 2d. Id. me— One Hour. Put the milk into a saucepan, mix the flour with a little cold milk ; and when the milk in the saucepan is nearly boiling, stir it in, and let it boil up. Pour into a basin and beat in the yolks of the eggs and the sugar ; turn into a piedish and bake till firm. Spread a spoonful of jam on the top ; whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and spread them over, sprinkle with sugar, and put back in the oven to set. Serve cold. IMITATION OMELET. 1 Egg . . i gill Milk 1 teaspoonful Sugar 1 teaspoonful Jam 1 teaspoonful Flour Total Cost—2hd. Id. ■Id. Time — 5 Minutes. Beat the yolk and white of egg separately ; beat the flour and milk together, and mix in the sugar and yolk of egg. Stir in the white, butter a saucer, put the jam at the bottom. Pour in the mixture, bake in the oven for five minutes, sprinkle with sugar, and serve. OXFORDSHIRE PUDDING. . 2d. : :} "^'^- Time — Two Hours. Wash the rice well, strain off the water and put it into a pie-dish. Mix in the sugar and the rind of the lemon ; 1 pint Milk IJ oz. Rice 1 oz. Sugar Rind of Half a licmon Total Cost— 3«i. pour over the milk, and let it stand for half an hour. Put it into a very slow oven, and bake till firm. This is a very delicious pudding if properly made ; it should be firm, but not dry. \ lb. Flour 1 gill Milk 1 oz. Butter i saltspoonful Salt Total Cost— 2|d. MILK BISCUITS. . \d. , . . irf. '\\d. Time — 10 Minutes. Eub the butter into the flour, sprinkle in the salt, and make into a dough with the milk ; knead till smooth, roll out very thin. Cut into small rounds, prick well with a fork, put on to a floured tin and bake for about ten minutes. They should not get brown. SODA CAKE. 1 lb. Flour .... J lb. Currants .... I lb. Sugar .... 6 oz. Dripping .... 1^ teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda \ pint Milk .... Total Cost— 7(i. Time— Two Hours, 2d. 2d. Id. '2d. Rub the dripping and the flour together ; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with the milk, beat for a few minutes. Pour into a tin which has been well rubbed with dripping, bake in a moderate oven for two hours. DIGESTIVE BISCUITS. i lb. Brown Meal I lb. Flour 1^ gills Water . 1 oz. Butter or Lard 1 oz. Sugar Total Coht—2ld. ]lid. Id. Time — 5 Minutes. COOKERY RECIPES, 40. Mix the meal and flour together, rub in the butter or lard and the sugar ; mix into a dry paste with water, knead till smooth. Eoll out very thin, cut into rounds, and bake in rather a slow oven. LEMON PUDDING. i lb. Flour 3 oz. Suet . lEgg • 2 Lemons . 2 oz. Sugar ^ gill Water Total Cost— 4ir?. Id. Id. Id. Id. },