Cream sugar and shortening, if cream is not used. Add milk, salt, soda
dissolved in warm water, beaten eggs and mix thoroughly. Stir in corn-
meal, add sifted flour with baking powder. Use enough flour to make
light batter. Bake in medium oven.
LIGHT CHRISTMAS CAKE (No spices)
1 Ib. seeded raisins 2 teaspoons baking
1 Ib. seedless raisins powder
1 Ib. light sultanas Y, lb. cherries
1 Ib. currants 4 Ib. almonds
YZ lb. citron peel Y, cup brandy
Y, lb. orange and lemon peel 1 Ib. butter
1¥, Ibs. flour or 6 cups 1 Ib. fruit sugar
1 tablespoon lemon, vanilla 8 eggs
and almond extract
Wash and flour fruit. Cut up cherries. Shred peel on fine or medium
Wonder Shredder; almonds on fine shredder.
Blend shortening, sugar and eggs. Add all other ingredients mixing
very well. Bake in pan lined with heavy brown paper. Bake slowly
(250 degrees) 2% hours in small pans, longer if baked whole.
WHOLE WHEAT LAYER CAKE
3 eggs 1% cups milk
14% cups sugar 3 cups whole wheat flour
Y, cup butter 4 teaspoon salt
3 level teaspoons baking nutmeg
powder icing to suit taste
To the beaten eggs add sugar, butter, milk, salt and nutmeg. Gradually
add the flour and baking powder.
CANNING
CANNED CORN
Use coarse shredder to take the corn off the cob easily and quickly then
put the cobs on to boil in cold water to cover. Boil twenty minutes and
strain. Mix corn and corn water in the proportions of four bowls of water
to two of corn and two tablespoons sugar, cook on top of stove until it
swells. Fill glass jars, put rubbers and covers in place and cook again in
kettle of hot water for one hour. Tighten covers and put in cool dark place.
FAVORITE TESTED RECIPES 5
COOKIES
KISSES
1% cups (shredded) cocoanut sweetened evaporated milk
Break open a cocoanut. Shred on fine shredder 1% cups cocoanut. Add
enough sweetened and thick evaporated milk to hold cocoanut together.
ae Me buttered pan and let brown in oven. Trim with cherry on top if
esired.
MOTHER’S RELIABLE
1¥, cups sugar 1 cup butter
1 cup cream 1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder✪ Mother’s Reliable Cookies
flour
Beat butter and sugar till light. Add cream, soda dissolved in warm
water, salt, sifted flour with baking powder. Thicken enough with flour to
roll; cut with cookie cutter and trim with raisins or sprinkle sugar on
dough and slightly roll in. Put in quick oven.
PRINCESS OATMEAL GEMS
1 cup sugar Y, cup lard
Y, cup butter 1 cup milk
1 egg 2 cups oatmeal
1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons baking powder flour✪ Princess Oatmeal Gems
Cream the butter, lard and sugar together. Add salt, soda dissolved in
luke warm water, milk and beaten egg. Stir thoroughly. Add oatmeal,
sifted flour and baking powder. Thicken enough to roll with flour. Cut
with cookie cutter and place in pans, drop jelly or jam on top of each
cookie pressing edges of a top cookie laid on those in the pan and bake.
SUGAR COOKIES
2/3 cup Crisco 1% teaspoons salt H
1% cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs 3 cups flour —
1 orange, shred rind 1 tablespoon orange juice✪ Sugar Cookies
Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together. Mix and sift flour, salt and
baking powder and add to first mixture. Add rind and juice and mix to
a smooth dough. Chill. Roll out thin on floured board. Cut with cookie
cutter. Bake in moderate oven (325) 12 minutes. Makes about 60 cookies.
Shredded lemon and orange rind or sprinkled white or brown sugar on
top is good.
6 FAVORITE TESTED RECIPES
CHEESE DISHES
CHEESE STRAWS
1 pint shredded cheese (fine) 2 tablespoons butter
% cup flour a little salt✪ Cheese Straws
Mix with water, roll out and cut in strips about 5 inches long; bake to
a light brown.
ITALIAN MACARONI AND CHEESE
1 cup macaroni 2 cups milk
2 tablespoons fat Y, teaspoon salt
1 cup buttered bread crumbs 1 cup grated cheese ✪ Italian Macaroni and Cheese
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cream sugar and shortening, if cream is not used. Add milk, salt, soda dissolved in warm water, beaten eggs and mix thoroughly. Stir in cornmeal, add sifted flour with baking powder. Use enough flour to make light batter. Bake in medium oven.
LIGHT CHRISTMAS CAKE (No spices)
1 Ib. seeded raisins 1 Ib. seedless raisins 2 teaspoons baking powder
1 Ib. light sultanas Y, lb. cherries
1 Ib. currants 4 Ib. almonds
YZ lb. citron peel Y, cup brandy
Y, lb. orange and lemon peel 1 Ib. butter
1¥, Ibs. flour or 6 cups 1 Ib. fruit sugar
1 tablespoon lemon, vanilla 8 eggs
and almond extract Wash and flour fruit. Cut up cherries. Shred peel on fine or medium Wonder Shredder; almonds on fine shredder. Blend shortening, sugar and eggs. Add all other ingredients mixing very well. Bake in pan lined with heavy brown paper. Bake slowly (250 degrees) 2% hours in small pans, longer if baked whole.
WHOLE WHEAT LAYER CAKE
3 eggs 1% cups milk 14% cups sugar 3 cups whole wheat flour Y, cup butter 4 teaspoon salt 3 level teaspoons baking nutmeg powder icing to suit taste
To the beaten eggs add sugar, butter, milk, salt and nutmeg. Gradually add the flour and baking powder.
CANNING
CANNED CORN
Use coarse shredder to take the corn off the cob easily and quickly then put the cobs on to boil in cold water to cover. Boil twenty minutes and strain. Mix corn and corn water in the proportions of four bowls of water to two of corn and two tablespoons sugar, cook on top of stove until it swells. Fill glass jars, put rubbers and covers in place and cook again in kettle of hot water for one hour. Tighten covers and put in cool dark place.
COOKIES
KISSES
1% cups (shredded) cocoanut sweetened evaporated milk
Break open a cocoanut. Shred on fine shredder 1% cups cocoanut. Add enough sweetened and thick evaporated milk to hold cocoanut together. Drop on buttered pan and let brown in oven. Trim with cherry on top if desired.
MOTHER’S RELIABLE
1¥, cups sugar 1 cup butter 1 cup cream 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons baking powder flour
Beat butter and sugar till light. Add cream, soda dissolved in warm water, salt, sifted flour with baking powder. Thicken enough with flour to roll; cut with cookie cutter and trim with raisins or sprinkle sugar on dough and slightly roll in. Put in quick oven.
PRINCESS OATMEAL GEMS
1 cup sugar Y, cup lard
Y, cup butter 1 cup milk
1 egg 2 cups oatmeal 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons baking powder flour
Cream the butter, lard and sugar together. Add salt, soda dissolved in luke warm water, milk and beaten egg. Stir thoroughly. Add oatmeal, sifted flour and baking powder. Thicken enough to roll with flour. Cut with cookie cutter and place in pans, drop jelly or jam on top of each cookie pressing edges of a top cookie laid on those in the pan and bake.
SUGAR COOKIES
2/3 cup Crisco 1% teaspoons salt H
1% cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 eggs 3 cups flour — 1 orange, shred rind 1 tablespoon orange juice
Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together. Mix and sift flour, salt and baking powder and add to first mixture. Add rind and juice and mix to a smooth dough. Chill. Roll out thin on floured board. Cut with cookie cutter. Bake in moderate oven (325) 12 minutes. Makes about 60 cookies. Shredded lemon and orange rind or sprinkled white or brown sugar on top is good.
CHEESE DISHES
CHEESE STRAWS
1 pint shredded cheese (fine) 2 tablespoons butter % cup flour a little salt Mix with water, roll out and cut in strips about 5 inches long; bake to a light brown.
ITALIAN MACARONI AND CHEESE
1 cup macaroni 2 cups milk
2 tablespoons fat Y, teaspoon salt
1 cup buttered bread crumbs 1 cup grated cheese
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