Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery

Quarter of a pound of Currants One teaspoonful of Carbonate of Soda Half a pint of Milk Salt. 1. Rub the fat into the flour. 2. Add the currants, sugar, and a pinch of salt. 3. Dissolve the soda in a little milk and add it with the well beaten eggs to the flour. 4. Stir in the rest of the milk and beat well. 5. Line a cake tin with greased paper and bake in a moderate oven for one hour and ten minutes. SNOW CAKE Ingredients : Half a pound of Potato Flour Half a pound of fine white Sugar Quarter of a pound of Butter. Two Eggs Two tablespoonfuls of Flour Half a teaspoonful of Baking Powder Two tablespoonfuls of Milk Essence of Lemon. 1. Cream the butter and add the sugar. 2. Add the well-beaten eggs and stir in the two tablespoonfuls of flour and milk. 3. Then add the potato flour, baking powder and essence. 4. Pour into a cake tin lined with buttered paper. 5. Bake in a cool oven for one hour and ten minutes. BREAD. (Recipe i) Ingredients : One and a half pecks of Flour One pint of Brewer’s Yeast One pint of Lukewarm Water One teaspoonful of Sugar Half a small teacupful of Salt. 1. Measure the flour into a large earthenware pan and place on a chair near the fire to warm. 2. Make a well in the centre of the flour and a ridge round the edge ; scatter the salt round the ridge. 3. Stir the water into the yeast and add the sugar, mix well for a few minutes. 4. Pour the liquor into the well through a hair sieve and mix a little of the flour into it with a wooden spoon. 5. Sprinkle flour over the batter and cover the pan with a thick piece of flannel or baize, and let it stand from half to three quarters of an hour. 1U7 6. Knead into a dough with the hands, pouring in one or two more quarts of lukewarm water. 7. Knead for twenty minutes. 8. Cover again and let the dough rise for two hours. 9. Warm, grease and flour the bread tins. 10. Cut off sufficient dough to more than half fill the tin, knead lightly into shape on a floured board. 11. Place the tins near the fire for half an hour until the dough has risen to the top. Then bake in a hot oven for three quarters of an hour. BREAD. (Recipe 2) Ingredients : Three and a half pounds of Flour One ounce of German Yeast One dessertspoonful of Salt One teaspoonful of Sugar Half an ounce of Lard Lukewarm Water. 1. Cream the yeast, sugar and lard in a small basin. Add a gill of warm water. 2. Put the flour in a basin and add the salt. 3. Stir the yeast into the flour, add sufficient warm water to make a soft dough, and knead lightly. 4. Grease four or five warmed bread tins, nearly half fill with the dough and place near the fire to rise. 5. When the dough has risen to within half an inch of the top, place in a hot oven and bake from thirty-five to forty minutes. 6. Turn out of the tins and rear up to cool or place upon a sieve. WINE BISCUITS Ingredients : One pound of Flour Half a pound of Sugar Six ounces of Butter Essence of Lemon Two Eggs 1. Rub the butter into the flour and add the sugar. 2. Add the well-beaten eggs and form into a stiff paste. 3. Roll out on a lightly floured board and cut into rounds. 4. Place on a tin and bake in a moderate oven for about ten minutes. VICTORIA BUNS