Choice recipes

APPLE DUMPLINGS -Mrs. A. K. Voss Make a rich biscuit dough. Roll out a piece of dough as thin as pie crust and cut in squares large enough to cover an apple. Put into the middle of each piece, two apple halves pared and cored. Put a pinch of cinnamon and a spoonful of sugar on the apples and lap the dough around them; lay the dumplings in a well buttered dripping pan. Put a piece of butter on each, and sprinkle over a large handful of sugar and turn in a cupful of boiling water. Bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour. Serve with pudding sauce. STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE— Miss Laughlin One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one egg, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder. Bake in layers; serve with sauce hot. One and one-half cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one pint strawberries mashed until juicy. Beat butter and sugar to cream, then stir in the berries and beaten whites of two eggs. CHARLOTTE RUSSE-Mrs. McKisick One pint whipped cream, one-half pint milk, one-half gill of wine, two-thirds cup gelatine, four eggs. Boil milk and gelatine until latter is dissolved. Beat yolks with four tablespoons sugar, mix into the gelatine, add whites well whipped and last the cream. Line a deep glass dish with sponge cake and fill with above mixture. PUDDING SAUCE-Mrs. Parloa One cuptul butter, two cups powdered sugar, whites of two eggs, five tablespoons wine or three of brandy, one-fourth tea cup boiling water. Beat the butter to a cream and gradually beat the sugar into it. Add whites of eggs, unbeaten, one at a time and then the brandy or wine. When all is a light smooth mass add the water, beating in a little at a time. Place the bowl in a basin of hot water and stir until smooth and frothy, about two minutes. HARD SAUCE-Mrs. Bryant One-third cup butter, add gradually one cup powdered sugar and two tablespoons cream or milk, drop by drop. Add one-third teaspoon vanilla. PIES ^ ^ ^ ^ "No soil upon earth is so dear to our eyes, As the soil we first stirred in terrestrial pies." — Holmes. PUMPKIN PIE-Mrs. Estinghausen One cup pumpkin, one cup milk, one-half cup sugar, two eggs, one rolled cracker, cinnamon and ginger to taste. This makes one large pie. LEMON PIE FILLING— Mrs. McKisick One and one-half cups sugar, yolks three eggs, two lemons, one and one-half tablespoons corn starch, with a cup and a half of boiling water poured on it, a little salt. Cook above mixture until it begins to thicken, then pour it in the pie and cook again in the oven until brown, then add the whites with four tablespoons of sugar whipped in them. This will make one thick pie. • MOCK MINCE PIE-Mrs. Wood One cup sugar, one cup raisins, one cup of clabber milk. Spices and one teaspoon flour, tablespoon vinegar and little salt. MINCE MEAT— Miss Laughlin One-half pound suet chopped fine, two pounds beef and two pounds apples chopped, one cup sugar, two pounds raisins seeded, one-half pound currants, two cups boiled cider, two cups juice of sweet spiced fruit, one piece candied lemon peel, one piece citron (cut fine) , one teaspoon salt, little cinnamon, one teaspoon nutmeg and allspice, a few raisins left whole, one cup vinegar. GREEN TOMATO PIE-Mrs. Wood