Foods that will win the war

Cream fat and sugar. Add egg. Alternate ‘dry ingredients (which have been sifted together) with the liquid. Add fruit last. Beat well. Bake as loaf about 45 minutes, or in muffin pans about 25 minutes. . CRISP GINGER COOKIES 1 cup of molasses 1 tablespoon ginger 2 tablespoons of fat . 4 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon soda and 1 tea- 4 teaspoon cinnamon spoon water (hot) 4 teaspoon salt 1 cup of flour About 8 cups flour Heat molasses and fat until fat is melted. ‘Sift spices with one cup of flour. Dissolve soda in one teaspoon of hot water. Combine all and add enough more flour to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in moderate oven. SOFT CINNAMON COOKIES 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda 2 tablespoons fat - 3 teaspoon ginger 3 cup boiling water 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1 cup flour % teaspoon salt 4 teaspoon of cloves Mix molasses, fat, and boiling water. Sift dry ingredients. Add the liquid. Add enough more flour (about four cups) to make dough stiff enough to roll out. Cut and bake about 15 minutes in moderately hot oven. WARTIME FRUIT CAKE 1 cup honey or corn syrup 1 teaspoon cloves 1 tablespoon fat # teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup chopped dates, figs, 2 cups flour prunes or raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon $ teaspoon soda 2 cup milk Cream fat, honey and egg. Sift dry ingredients. Add alternately with milk. Bake in loaf 45 minutes in moderate oven. HOT WATER GINGER CAKES 14 cup molasses 14 teaspoons soda $ eup boiling water 14 teaspoons ginger 23+ cups flour 3 teaspoon salt 4 cup fat — AND HOW TO COOK THEM 69 Sift dry ingredients. Mix fat, molasses and boiling water. Add dry ingredients. Beat briskly for a few minutes, and pour into greased muffin pans. Bake twenty to thirty minutes in moderate oven. SPICED OATMEAL FRUIT CAKES 12 cups whole wheat flour + teaspoon soda $ cup cooked oatmeal 4 teaspoon baking powder 2 cup corn syrup 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 cup raisins, dates, prunes or 3 tablespoons fat figs Heat the corn syrup and fat. Sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture. Add fruit last. Bake in muffin pans for 30 minutes. FRUIT WONDER CAKES 1 doz. salted wafers 1 egg white 4 cup chopped dates 2 tablespoons corn syrup 4 cup chopped nuts 4 teaspoon vanilla Beat egg white until very stiff. Add other ingredients and place on the wafers. Place under broiler until a delicate brown. SUGARLESS CANDIES FRUIT PASTE 2 teaspoons gelatine 2 tablespoons cold water 4 cup corn syrup 2 teaspoons cornstarch cup chopped nuts cup chopped dates cup chopped raisins teaspoon vanilla lH bolt bolt AE Mix cornstarch with 1 tablespoon cold water. Heat corn syrup to the boil, add cornstarch and cook for three minutes. Soften the gelatine in two tablespoons cold water for five minutes; stir into the hot syrup after taking from fire. When gelatine has dissolved add the fruit and nuts and flavoring. Chill, cut in squares, and roll each in powdered sugar. WARTIME TAFFY 2 cups corn syrup 1 teaspoon water 4 teaspoon soda . yd tablespoons vinegar Boil the syrup for fifteen minutes, then add the soda. Cook until a little snaps brittle when dropped in cold water. Add the vinegar 70 FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR when this stage is reached and pour into oiled pans. When cool enough to handle, pull until white; make into inch-thick rolls and clip off into neat mouthfuls with oiled scissors, or chill and break into irregular pieces when cold. PHANUT BRITTLE 1 cup corn syrup 1 tablespoon fat 1 cup peanuts Boil syrup and fat until brittle when tested in cold water. Grease a pan, sprinkle the roasted and shelled peanuts in it, making an even distribution, then turn in the syrup. When almost cold mark into squares. Cocoanut, puffed wheat or puffed rice may be used for candy instead of peanuts. RAISIN AND PEANUT LOAF