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Mary Jane's cook book

1916

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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Use Boston crackers halved. Let the cracker halves lie in cold water for 5 minutes. Handle with care to avoid breaking. Remove from water with cake turner. Invert a baking tin, grease, and arrange the crackers on it, Put a bit of butter on eachPuffed Crackers and place in an extremely hot oven till crisp and puffy. If they are to be served with soup sprinkle with paprika, if with afternoon tea use a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, or brush with white of egg and add finely chopped nuts. OATMEAL CRACKERS. Fine oatmeal, 3 cups. Sugar, 14 cup. Flour, 2 cups. Hot water, y2 cup. Melted butter, y2 cup. Soda, y2 teaspoon. Salt, a pinch. Mix ingredients well, dissolving soda in a little hot water. Roll very thin, sprinkle with sugar, cut in rounds and bake. ^t^-^^x >"< . »• < y-**-j*M. >- I $ \ DESSEKTS. 97 ENGLISH PI.UM PUDDING. Chopped suet, 1 cup. Flour, 3 cups. Seeded raisins, 1 cup. Soda. 1 teaspoon. Currants, 1 cup. Salt. V^ teaspoon. Sliced citron, 1 cup. Allspice, 1 teaspoon. Molasses, 1 cup. Cinnamon. 1 teaspoon. Milk, 1 cup. Lemon, 1.English Plum Pudding Mix molasses and milk, add soda, spice and salt, Next add tlour, then suet, well-floured fruit and the juice of the lemon. Steam for 3 hours. Mrs. P., Framingham. LEMON RICE PUDDING. Milk, 1 pint. Sugar, ly., cups. Boiled rice, 1 cup. Eggs, 3. Lemon. 1. To the milk add the rice, V^ '-up of sugar, the ego- yolks, well beaten, and the grated rind of the lemon. Bake i/2 hour or until the custard is set. Frost with a meringue made from the stiffly beaten egg whites, the remaining cup of sugar and the juice of the lemon. Spread over puddinsr, and return to the oven to brown lightly. Serve hot or cold. 3/r.s. fl. D., FRUITED APPLE PUDDING. Tart apples. Lemon peel. Seedless raisins. Sugar. Citron. Bread crumbs. Peel and core enough apples to fill a deep baking dish. Pit them in snugly and fill in the holes with raisins, shredded citron and lemon peel. Dredge with sugar and pour OVPI- them half a cup of hot water. Bake in a slow oven until perfectly tender. Remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with bread crumbs, dust with sugar, dot with butter and bake 1<~> minutes longer. Serve with the following sauce: Thoroughly mix in a saucepan 1 table- spoon of flour and Vo cup of sugar. Pour over this ;i cup of boil- ins- water and bring to a boil. Remove from the fire and pour thi< slowly, while stirring constantly, over one egir well beaten. Flavor with lemon juice or extract and serve piping hot with the pudding. 98 DESSERTS. BATTER PUDDING WITH STRAWBERRY SAUCE. Flour, 11/2 cups. Salt, 14 teaspoon. Baking- powder, 2 teaspoons. Eggs, 4. Milk, 1 pint Sift flour, salt and baking powder and add egg yolks, well beaten, and the milk. Lastly fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a hot oven and serve with strawberry sauce : Powdered sugar, 1 cup. Butter, 2 tablespoons. Egg yolk, 1. Fresh strawberries. 1 cup. Mix and beat all well together and serve ice cold on the hot pudding. APPLE DUMPLINGS. Make a rich biscuit dough, roll thin and cut in squares. In the centre of each square place a medium sized apple, peeled and cored ; fill cavity with sugar, cinnamon and a few raisins, bring dough up around apple to cover, making a round ball, and bake in a moder- ate oven 30 to 45 minutes or until apples are soft. Serve with nutmeg sauce or cream and sugar. D. C., Salem, Lemon Rice Pudding