Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

Sift one quart of flour and into the flour put one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one pound of sugar, one grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful of ground spice. Beat four eggs and add after mixing the fruit well in the flour, and mix with enough water to make a stiff batter as for fruit cake. Boil or bake and serve with sauce. Cook for about two hours. SWEET POTATO CUSTARD 3 cooked sweet potatoes, % nutmeg grated, 2 eggs, % cup brown sugar, Yz teaspoon salt, 1 quart milk. Force potatoes through a ricer; beat the eggs and mix with potatoes ; add other ingredients, pour into buttered baking dish or cups, and bake in a slow oven until firm. BANANA CUSTARD Mix well the yolks of two eggs, One-half cup of sweet milk. One-half cup of sugar. One teaspoonful of butter, Two tablespoonsful of flour. Cook in double boiler until thick. When cool, add one teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake on a nice crust. When cool, cover pie with thin slices of banana, then the meringue, and bake a delicate brown. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Make regular pie crust and roll it into two sheets, each about one-half inch thick. Bake in well-greased pan, laying one sheet on top of the other. When done and while warm separate them. When cold put between the crusts a thick layer of strawberries well sprinkled with powdered sugar. Arrange largest berries on top. Cut in wedge-shaped pieces and serve with sweetened whipped cream. TAPIOCA CUSTARD One quart of milk and one cup of soaked and drained tapioca should be placed in a double boiler and cooked until the tapioca is transparent; then add one cup of sugar and the yolks of three well beaten eggs. Let it cook for a few minutes, flavor as desired and pour into a bowl. Cover the top with the whites of the eggs beaten stiff and sweetened. BAVARIAN CREAM One quart of sweet cream whipped with two cups of sugar as stiff as for syllabub, two- thirds of a box of gelatine dissolved over the fire in two cups of milk, stirring constantly. Let cool. Flavor cream to taste, then beat in the milk and gelatine. If desired, fruits, nuts, and maraschino cherries may be added. CRANBERRY SNOW Whip stiff the white of one egg and add alternately and gradually three tabelspoonsful of sugar and a cup of cranberry sauce. Continue to whip until it has reached at least a pint and a half in quantity, for it swells surprisingly. Finely chopped nuts may be added if desired. CHOCOLATE PIE One-fourth cake of chocolate. Two cups of sugar, One-half cup of butter. Four eggs, One tablespoon of flour. Beat yolks together with butter, sugar, milk and flour. Cook in double boiler until thick, then bake on a nice crust. Use whites for meringue. PUMPKIN PIE 2 cupsful of stewed and sifted pumpkin, 2 crackers rolled fine, 1 cupful of sugar. Pinch of salt, J4 teaspoonful of cinnamon, 1 pint of milk, Pour the mixture into a deep pie-plate lined with crust, and bake in a slow oven one hour. Salads and Dressings MAYONNAISE DRESSING (Without Oil)