Put the hard-cooked yolks of eggs through a ricer or sieve and
cream with the butter or shortening. Add the sugar, cream again,
then stir in the uncooked egg-yolk, the milk, and sifted flour. The
dough should be stiff enough to roll. Cut into small round shapes
with cooky-cutters, brush these with beaten egg-white and sprinkle
with finely chopped almonds. Bake in a slow oven (300° F.).
CHRISTMAS PEPPERNUTS
2 cups brown sugar i cup chopped nuts
2 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon
I teaspoon soda i teaspoon nutmeg
I tablespoon hot water 33^ cups sifted bread flour
Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs, add the soda dissolved
in hot water, the nuts, and the spices sifted with the flour. Add
more flour if necessary to make a dough stiff enough to roll.
Roll out until the dough is about one-eighth inch thick. Cut in
tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in a
quick oven (400° F.) until brown. Roll at once in powdered
sugar.
NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 131
SWEET-MILK DOUGHNUTS
I tablespoon butter or fat 3 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar i teaspoon salt
2 eggs I teaspoon nutmeg
I cup milk Flour✪ Sweet-Milk Doughnuts
Beat the eggs till very light, add the sugar and when foamy add
the melted butter or fat. Sift the baking-powder, salt and nut-
meg with one cup of flour and stir into first mixture, alternating
with the milk so as to keep the mixture smooth. Add just enough
flour to make a soft dough which can be handled. Roll out three-
fourths inch thick on a lightly floured board. A soft dough
makes light, tender doughnuts when cooked. Fry in deep fat and
drain on unglazed paper. Test the fat for temperature or by
using a thermometer. Fat should never smoke, as this produces
harmful by-products.
Roll the doughnuts in powdered sugar just before serving.
SOUR-MILK DOUGHNUTS
I cup sugar ^ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sour cream Yz teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs Yi teaspoon nutmeg
I cup sour milk Flour
Yz teaspoon soda
!Mix the sugar with the cream and add the beaten eggs and sour
milk. Sift the soda, salt and spices with one cup of flour and
add to the first mixture. Add additional flour to make a dough
just stiff enough tc handle. Toss on a floured board, roll out,
and cut. Fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet-
milk doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper. When cold, roll in
powdered sugar.
CRULLERS
Y\ cup butter or shortening 3^2 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar Ya teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 eggs Y2 teaspoon salt
I cup milk Flour
Cream the butter or shortening. Add sugar; then the well-beaten
eggs. Sift the baking-powder, nutmeg, and salt with one cup of
132 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES
flour and add alternately with the milk to the first mixture. Add
additional flour to make a dough stiff enough to handle. Toss on
floured board, roll one-half inch thick and cut into strips. Twist
and fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet-milk
doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper and when cold roll in
powdered sugar. This recipe makes about three dozen crullers.
GINGERBREAD
y2 cup molasses Yi teaspoon soda
Yi cup sugar i cup flour
Yz cup melted fat i teaspoon ginger
Yz cup sour milk 2 teaspoons cinnamon
I ess: Nutmeg
Mix ingredients in order given, sifting the soda with the flour
before adding it. Bake in a slow oven in a greased shallow pan
or in muffin-tins. Care must be taken to prevent burning.
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Put the hard-cooked yolks of eggs through a ricer or sieve and
cream with the butter or shortening. Add the sugar, cream again,
then stir in the uncooked egg-yolk, the milk, and sifted flour. The
dough should be stiff enough to roll. Cut into small round shapes
with cooky-cutters, brush these with beaten egg-white and sprinkle
with finely chopped almonds. Bake in a slow oven (300° F.).
CHRISTMAS PEPPERNUTS
2 cups brown sugar i cup chopped nuts
2 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon
I teaspoon soda i teaspoon nutmeg
I tablespoon hot water 33^ cups sifted bread flour
Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs, add the soda dissolved
in hot water, the nuts, and the spices sifted with the flour. Add
more flour if necessary to make a dough stiff enough to roll.
Roll out until the dough is about one-eighth inch thick. Cut in
tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in a
quick oven (400° F.) until brown. Roll at once in powdered
sugar.
NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 131
SWEET-MILK DOUGHNUTS
I tablespoon butter or fat 3 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar i teaspoon salt
2 eggs I teaspoon nutmeg
I cup milk Flour
Beat the eggs till very light, add the sugar and when foamy add
the melted butter or fat. Sift the baking-powder, salt and nut-
meg with one cup of flour and stir into first mixture, alternating
with the milk so as to keep the mixture smooth. Add just enough
flour to make a soft dough which can be handled. Roll out three-
fourths inch thick on a lightly floured board. A soft dough
makes light, tender doughnuts when cooked. Fry in deep fat and
drain on unglazed paper. Test the fat for temperature or by
using a thermometer. Fat should never smoke, as this produces
harmful by-products.
Roll the doughnuts in powdered sugar just before serving.
SOUR-MILK DOUGHNUTS
I cup sugar ^ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sour cream Yz teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs Yi teaspoon nutmeg
I cup sour milk Flour
Yz teaspoon soda
!Mix the sugar with the cream and add the beaten eggs and sour
milk. Sift the soda, salt and spices with one cup of flour and
add to the first mixture. Add additional flour to make a dough
just stiff enough tc handle. Toss on a floured board, roll out,
and cut. Fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet-
milk doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper. When cold, roll in
powdered sugar.
CRULLERS
Y\ cup butter or shortening 3^2 teaspoons baking-powder
1 cup sugar Ya teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 eggs Y2 teaspoon salt
I cup milk Flour
Cream the butter or shortening. Add sugar; then the well-beaten
eggs. Sift the baking-powder, nutmeg, and salt with one cup of
132 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES
flour and add alternately with the milk to the first mixture. Add
additional flour to make a dough stiff enough to handle. Toss on
floured board, roll one-half inch thick and cut into strips. Twist
and fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet-milk
doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper and when cold roll in
powdered sugar. This recipe makes about three dozen crullers.
GINGERBREAD
y2 cup molasses Yi teaspoon soda
Yi cup sugar i cup flour
Yz cup melted fat i teaspoon ginger
Yz cup sour milk 2 teaspoons cinnamon
I ess: Nutmeg
Mix ingredients in order given, sifting the soda with the flour
before adding it. Bake in a slow oven in a greased shallow pan
or in muffin-tins. Care must be taken to prevent burning.