Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

Line a pie plate with nice pastry. For one custard allow one egg well beaten, one cup of brown sugar, four teaspoonsful of milk, one tablespoonful of flour or starch and a piece of butter the size of an egg. Pour this in the crust and bake. After baking make a meringue and bake a delicate brown. PALMETTO MARMALADE Two quarts of fresh pears ground fine, Two cans of grated pineapple. Six oranges cut into small pieces, As many cups of sugar as there are cupsful of fruit. Put all together on to cook and cook until thick and a pretty red color. AUNT JEMIMA'S LEMON PIE Six eggs, One and one-half cups of sugar, Two tablespoonsful of butter, Three lemons, Two tablespoonsful of flour, One-half teaspoonful of baking powder. One cup of milk. To well beaten yolks add sugar, flour, milk, butter, baking powder, juice and grated rind of three lemons. Cook in double boiler until thick and then bake on a nice crust. After baking, make a meringue of the whites and bake a delicate brown. NUT BREAD 2J^ cupsful of flour, 3 teaspoonsful of baking powder, % teaspoonful of salt, J4 cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of milk, J4 cupful of English Walnuts chopped fine. Beat egg and sugar together, then add milk and salt. Sift the baking-powder into the dry flour, and put all the ingredients together. Add the nuts last, covering with a little flour, to prevent falling, and bake in a moderate oven one hour. CHOCOLATE PUDDING Put two squares of unsweetened chocolate in double boiler, add two cupsful of cold milk, and bring to the scalding point. Mix thoroughly one-fourth of a cupful of sugar, three tablespoonsful of cornstarch, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt and pour on one-fourth of a cupful of milk gradually, while stirring constantly. Add to milk which was scalded with chocolate, and cook fifteen minutes, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and afterward occasionally. Add one-half of a teaspoonful of vanilla and turn into a serving dish. Chill and serve. MARYLAND BREAD PUDDING 1 pint of stale bread, 1 quart of milk, 1 cupful of sugar, 1 ^gg, ^2 cupful of raisins, 1 teaspoonful of cinnamon, y2 teaspoonful of salt. Pour hot water on the stale bread and let soak until soft. Then add other ingredients and bake for three hours in a moderate oven. If eaten cold, serve with hot sauce. If eaten hot, serve with cold sauce. SUNSET RAISIN PIE Onie cup of seeded raisins chopped fine. One lemon with grated rind. Add lemon juice and grated rind to the raisins. Then add one cup of sugar and two tablespoonsful of water. Bake between upper and lower crusts. SAUCE FOR GINGER BREAD One cup of sugar, One tablespoonful of butter, Creamed together . Add one-half cup of cream or milk and five tablespoonsful of wine. Stir constantly while cooking until dissolved and creamy. Flavor to taste with vanilla or nutmeg. SOFT GINGER BREAD One-half cup of sugar. One cup of molasses, One-half cup of butter or lard. One teaspoonful each of ginger, cinnamon and cloves, Two teaspoonsful of soda in a cup of boiling water, Two and one-half cups of flour. Two well beaten eggs added last. Mix in the order given and bake in slow oven.