Foods and home making

Set the gelatin mixture aside to cool. Chill by surrounding with ice water until it begins to stiffen. Then fold in the whipped cream. Pour into a mold which has been rinsed with cold water. Set aside in a cold place until it is firm. Unmold the same way as plain jelly. This dessert is especially good served with sponge cake. Yield : 6 servings. How is cream whipped? It sometimes happens that when cream, which is rich in fat, is whipped, butter is formed. Usu- ally this is because the cream is not cold enough. Cream for whipping must be chilled. If it is whipped in warm weather, it should be surrounded with ice water during the whipping process. 444 Dinner Sometimes the cream container will not allow the heat from the cream to pass through to the surrounding ice water. Then the cream will not become sufficiently chilled. An aluminum utensil is best to use. Tin is good. Granite or enamel is not so good. Earthenware or glass is very unsatisfactory. When whipping cream : 1. Use heavy cream ( i.e ., cream containing at least 25% fat) from 12 to 24 hours old. 2. Have it very cold. 3. In warm weather, place the cream in a metal container and sur- round the container with ice water while beating. 4. Use a wheel-type beater. What are drop cookies? Cookies are very good with fruit, gelatin desserts, and many other kinds of dessert. One kind of cookie is made from a batter somewhat like that of gingerbread although it is a little stiffer, because less liquid is used. The batter may be dropped from a spoon in little mounds on to a greased pan. Such cookies are called drop cookies. Drop cookies are easier to make than those that are cut with a cookie cutter. It is well to learn to make drop cookies before trying the other kind. A wholesome cookie may be made from either Graham or whole-wheat flour and dates. You will be sure to like them ; your family will doubtless enjoy them. The recipe follows : DATE COOKIES 1 egg 2 or 3 teaspoons baking powder -3- cup thick sour milk (See footnote, page 88.) 1 cup light brown sugar I teaspoon baking soda ^ cup fat 1 cup Graham or whole-wheat flour 1 cup white flour 1 cup dates, stoned and cut into 2 teaspoon salt slices 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift some white flour; measure 1 cup. Add the leavening materials and salt to it. Stir the Graham or whole-wheat flour, then measure it. Beat the egg in a mixing bowl. Add the sour milk and sugar. Beat Salads and Desserts for Dinner 445 until they are well mixed. Melt the fat; add it to the egg mixture. Mix. Wash the dates ; dry them with a clean towel ; stone and slice them. Through a sifter add the white-flour mixture to the egg mixture. Then add the Graham or whole-wheat flour, dates, and vanilla. Beat well until all are thoroughly mixed. Drop the mixture on to greased baking sheets or shallow pans. Have about an inch of space between the cookies. Bake in a hot oven — 575° F. — for io to 15 minutes. After removing them from the oven, let the cookies stand for a minute or two. Then loosen them from the pan and place them on a cake cooler. When they are entirely cold, store them in a tightly- covered tin box. Yield : 24 cookies. How are cut cookies made? If cookies are to be cut into rounds or other shapes, a dough must be made. One could not cut a thin flour mixture with a knife or cookie cutter so that the cookie would hold its shape.