The Wilson cook book

Sift sugar, salt and baking powder with flour. Break egg in cup and mix well; fill with sweet milk. Mix shortening into flour, mix into dough with milk and egg, using spoon. Turn onto a well floured board and knead until smooth, using extra flour if necessary. Roll out to onefourth inch thickness, cut with tea biscuit cutter, butter one-half, turn over (like Parker House rolls), place on baking sheet and bake in quick oven until done (10 to 12 minutes). Risen Biscuit 1 tablespoon lard 1 pt. flour 3 teaspoons Royal Baking 4 teaspoon salt Powder (level) Milk Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Rub in lard and make up with milk as soft as can be handled, working as little as possible. Cook in hot oven. Water can be substituted for milk. Baking Powder Biscuits 2 cups flour : Y% cup shortening % teaspoon salt 3/, cup milk 1 tablespoon baking powder 1. Sift flour with salt and baking powder. 2. Work in shortening with finger tips, pastry blender, or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. 3. Make a well in center of flour mixture and add milk. 4, Mix with a fork until all of flour disappears. 5. Turn out on floured board; knead lightly for 1 minute. Pat or roll out dough 4% inch thick. 6. Cut with floured biscuit cutter. Place on baking sheet and bake in hot oven. Temperature: 450° F. Time: 12-15 minutes. (Recipe makes 18 small biscuits. ) Southern Buttermilk Biscuits Follow directions for plain baking powder biscuits, using 14, teaspoon soda and 2 teaspoons baking powder. Substitute buttermilk for sweet milk. THE WILSON Cook Boox 45 Corn Meal Muffins 3%, cup corn meal 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons Royal Baking 1% teaspoon salt Powder 1 cup milk Scald half of milk. Separate the egg and beat the white to a stiff froth. Put corn meal in a bowl, make a well in center and drop in salt and butter —stir in scalded milk. Add unbeaten yolk, cold milk, flour and baking powder (sifted together). Beat well, then fold in stiffly beaten whites. Bake in hot oven about 30 minutes. EVELYN H. WELFARE. Brown Bread 1 cup white flour 1% cups sweet milk 1 cup graham flour .° 6 tablespoons molasses 1 cup corn meal 1 teaspoon soda 14 cup seeded raisins (cut once) Beat a long time. Bake slowly for one hour. Mrs. W. D. ADAMS. Cheese Strips 1 cup flour 3% cup grated American % teaspoon salt cheese % teaspoon baking powder Paprika 6 tablespoons butter Salt 2 to 3 tablespoons milk Mix and sift the flour, the 4% teaspoon of salt and baking powder. Cut in the butter with two knives or rub in with the finger tips. Add the milk slowly, tossing the mixture together lightly and use only enough milk to hold the ingredients together. Roll out about % inch thick on a floured board. Sprinkle 4 cup of the cheese and a few grains of paprika and salt over half of the pastry. Fold over the other half, fold again, press edges firmly together and roll out to % inch thickness. Repeat this procedure twice, using % cup of cheese and a few grains of paprika and salt each time. Cut in strips % inch wide and as long as desired. Bake on a cooky sheet in a very hot oven (450° F.) for 8 to 10 minutes. This recipe makes 40 four-inch strips. RAINES MOTOR CO., Inc. DODGE AND PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS AND TRUCKS SALES AND SERVICE SERVICE LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 1101 S. GOLDSBORO STREET PHONE 3591 KEEP A NEAT APPEARANCE ALWAYS WITH OUR MODERN LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS Golden Ween@aie | WILSON’S NEWEST AND FINEST WILSON, N. C. OUR SPECIALTIES: SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, SEA FOOD AND WESTERN STEAKS The Finest Food Served on U. S. 301 Highway Daily Express Service Between Virginia and North Carolina Points THURSTON MOTOR LINES INSURED SERVICE—FAST—SAFE—RELIABLE GENERAL OFFICES: WILSON, N. C.