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Favorite recipes (St. Luke's Mission, Durham, 1956)

1956

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Presented as published in 1956. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Virginia Carter HI1\1T: If recipe calls for melted shortening, melt in pan you plnn to balie the calte in. Saves dish washing ond greases the pan at the same time. EIITT: To keep brown sugar from becoming hard store it in a Hason Jar vath a rubber on the jar. It will keep moist indefinitely if the cap is screwed on tight, KII^T: V/hen scalding milk, to keep it from sticking first rinse the pan in cold water. 33 BHBADS im BBSAD 2 Gggs 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup granulated sugar 3 l/2 teaspoons iDricing 1 cup milk powder 1 cup chopped nuts 2 taMespoons melted 3 1/2 cups flour butter Boat eggs and sugar till light. Conbino milk ojid shortening .^nd add; mix well. Add salt and nuts. Fold in flour which has "been sifted v/ith "brking pow- der. Pour into greaccd loo-f-tin pjid let stajid 20 minutes. Sake at 360 for 40-60 rdnutes. Eleanor Bird 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 11/2 teaspoons "balding powdorl teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon hailing soda l/2 cup orpjige juice 2 tablespoons each of 1 beaten egg boiling water and butter 11/2 cups fresh cran- 1 1/2 cups pecans, berries, coarsely chopped coarsely chopped Sift together twice the flour, sugrx, baking povrder, r^iid soda. Gonbinc v/ell beaten egg \7ith orange Juice, boiling water r:id outtor (shortening n.iy be used in place of butter). Stir into dry ingredients until just noist; fold in crrr.berrios and pecans. Let stand in pen for 20 nine Btte in well greased loaf pan for 50-60 nin» at 350*^ . Henove from pan by • loosening sides; turn out on rack to cool. (l/4 tea- spoon grated orange rind nay be added*) This bread is much bettor the second day, and can be used as a bread or cake. Mr So John E,. Xing 3^ GOLDBIT BUTTSmi^: BISCUITS 2 cups sifted enriched flour 2 teaspoons dou"ble acting "boi^iiig powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 Clip l^luffo 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cap "battcnnilk Sift diy ingredients together, cut in Tluffo till mixture looks like, coarse com meal. Add milk, stir with fork until dough holds together. Knead ahout 10 strokes on lightly floured iDoard, roll out to 1/2 in. raid cut out iDiscuits. Brke on imgrcased brking- sheet at 425° degrees for 10-12 min. llalces 16-20 biscuit. Variations ~ try then — Just add to the flour. Onion — 1/2 cup finely chopped onion Orrjige — 1 tablespoon grated rind; substitute l/2 cup orange juice for l/2 cup buttermilk. Herbs — 1 teaspoon mrxjorrxi or thyme or curry, Pinv/heels — roll dough into oblong, spread either filling beloir, roll up like jelly roll, cut in 1 in, slices, BrJ^e, Sugar i'illing: l/4 cup Fluffo spread and sprinkled v)ith cinnajnon and 1/2 cup each brovm sugar, raisins, and pecans. Pizza Filling: 1/2 cup tomato paste, 1/2 cup stuffed olives, 1 teaspoon orcgaaio, l/4 cup grated parmesan cheese. Mrs. John E. King 35 ICE BOX ROLLS 1/2 cup shortening 4 tablespoons sugar 1 cup boiling waterCRANBERRY BREAD - cooled 1 "beaten egg 1 teaspoon salt 1 pkg ycact disr.olved in 1/2 cup cold v/ater Flour enough to make soft dough - approx, 5 cups Mix ingredients as listed, put in ice "box to chill. Take out and make up 2 hours "before "balling time. 3 tablespoons onion (if desired) Mix dry ingredients. Add onion (if used), and lastly after buttemilic, the "beaten egg. Drop by spoonsful into deep fat and fry to golden brovm. Serve hot.