FoodNet

Crescent cook book

1920

Page 12 · 8 recipe records on this page

Presented as published in 1920. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
..Crack egg into saucepan and add table- spoonful of water and Mapleine, beat, and ada one tablespoonful powdered sugar, con- tinue to beat and add same amount of pow- dered sugar until frosting is thick enough to spread on cake, MISCELLANEOUS POULTRY DRESSING (For One Fowl) 1 loaf stale Bread, soaked in cold water, then wring out in cloth 1 heaping tablespoon Butter melted 1 teaspoon powdered Sage 1 teaspoon grated Onion, if de- sired Salt and Pepper to taste 1 teaspoon Crescent Baking PowderJumbles Hermits will make it light and fluffy; no egg neces- sary [PAGE TWENTY-THREE] Pie crust can be made more healthful by the addition of a level teaspoon of Crescent Baking Pow- der to each pie; % less shortening can be used LINE LOAF CAKE PANS WITH GREASED PAPER as PUDDINGS AND DUMPLINGS FRUIT PUDDING (For Fresh, Small Fruits) 1 pint Flour 1 teaspoon Crescent Powder 14 teaspoon SaltFruit Pudding Sift together flour, salt and powder; mix with it enough milk, or milk and water, to make dough soft enough to drop from spoon. Have ready well-buttered earthen baking cups; fill about % full of blueberries, pitted cherries or other small fruit; fill cup within one inch of brim with dough; set in steamer over boiling water, cover tightly and cook 20 minutes, keeping water in pot boiling con- stantly. Serve hot with hard or foaming sauce, Baking DUMPLINGS FOR SOUP 1 cup Flour > 14 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon Crescent Powder Sift together. Add 4% cup finely chopped suet, and enough milk te make stiff dough.Dumplings for Soup Make into dumplings size of marbles, drop into soup, cover, and boil 10 minutes. Baking SUET PUDDING 2 Eggs 1 cup Milk 14 cup Molasses 14 cup finely chopped Suet teaspoon Salt teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder | scant cups Flour Spices to taste 1 cup mixed chopped Fruit— Raisins, Citron, Currants or AlmondSuet Puddings Steam 2 hours and serve with a soft sauce. wo Ne DUMPLINGS FOR STEW OR FRICASEE 1 pint Flour 1 teaspoon Crescent Powder 14 teaspoon Salt 114%4 cups Milk Drop by spoonfuls into stew, being careful not to drop more than will cover surface of liquid. Boil without raising cover for fifteen or twenty minutes, Baking APPLE DUMPLINGS 2 cups sifted Flour 14 teaspoon Salt 2 teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder 14 cup Lard 14 cup cold Water 4 Apples, pared and cored Sugar, Butter and MapleineApple Dumplings Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, work in lard and mix to a dough with water. Roll into a square sheet 1% of an inch in thickness and cut into four pieces. Place an apple on each piece, fill core with sugar and small piece of butter, cover apple with dough. On each dumpling place a small piece of but- ter, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Into % glass of water put 4% teaspoon of Mapleine, pour over dumplings and baste sev- eral times while baking, “POOR MAN’S PUDDING” 14 cup Chopped Suet 14 cup seeded Raisins 14 cup Currants, washed, picked cups grated Bread 1 cup Flour 1 teaspoon Crescent Baking Powder 1% cup brown Sugar 1 pint MilkPoor Man's Pudding Mix all well together, put into well-greased mold, set in saucepan with boiling water to reach 4% up sides of mold; steam 2 hours; turn out on dish carefully; serve with butter and sugar, OLD FASHIONED APPLE DUMPLING 2 cups sifted pastry Flour 2 teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder 4 teaspoon Salt % cup Shortening _ About 34 cup Milk Cinnamon or Nutmeg SugarOld Fashioned Apple Dumpling Sift together three times, flour, baking powder and salt, work in the shortening and mix to a dough with milk as needed. Roll in a square sheet 44 inch thick and cut into four pieces, Lay a cored apple on each piece, fill the center with sugar and cinnamon, then draw up the paste to cover the apple, make smooth, and bake in a buttered dish. When nearly baked brush over with milk, dredge with granulated sugar and return to oven. Serve hot with hard sauce.