The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book

COFFEE CREAM. Mrs. Adelaide Ferris, Carthage, 111. Make one-half pint of custard with two eggs and one-half pint of milk. Dissolve one ounce of gelatine and three tablespoons of sugar, one-half cup of strong coffee, add the custard and strain. Whip one-half pint of cream quite firm, stir lightly into the custard. When it is cool pour into a mold and set on ice. Coffee must be filtered, not boiled, freshly made and very strong; three tablespoons of coffee to the half pint. CRANBERRY ICE. Miss Emma C. Snyder. Cook berries until soft, put through a press. Take equal, quantities of berries, sugar and boiling water. W hen half frozen add beaten whites of one or two eggs. This is a fine accompaniment for roast turkey. CRANBERRY SHERBERT OR ICE. Ruth Bell, Lincoln, Neb. One quart of cranberries stewed in a pint of water, juice of one lemon, one cup of orange juice, two large cups of sugar, made into syrup with one cup of water. When half frozen add beaten whites of two eggs. DELMONICO. Yolks of six eggs beaten light; add one coffee cup granulated sugar, one-third vanilla bean steeped in half pint cream. (Do not boil). One-half box Cox's gelatine in half teacup warm water, stir until dissolved ; add the warm cream to gelatine and stir the eggs and sugar into this ; whip one quart of rich cream; and stir into the other ingredients. Freezer should be all prepared first, as gelatine is apt to congeal if not frozen quickly. This quantity will make one gallon. STUFFED DATES WITH WHIPPED CREAM. Mrs. Wm. McKinley. One-half pound of fine large dates. Take out the pits and fill with chopped nut meats ; press together firmly and put in stew pan. Add one teacup of sugar and water enough to cover them. Boil until tender, and the syrup thick. To be served with whipped cream. FRUIT COCKTAILS. Arrange alternate layers of orange pulp, strawberries cut in halves, lengthwise and bananas cut in thin slices and slices cut in quarters. Sprinkle each layer with powdered sugar and a few drops of lemon juice. Chill thoroughly, arrange in cocktail glasses and garnish with whole strawberries. • FRUIT CREAM. Squeeze out the juice from three lemons, and with a spoon scoop out the pulp and juice from three oranges, mash one pint of strawberries, and one-half can of apricots, and peel and mash three bananas. Then rub all through a fine wire, or, better still, a hair sieve. Add from one pint to one quart of medium thick cream and sugar to taste. Then freeze as usual. ICE CREAM. Miss Emma Ivey. One quart thick cream, one quart rich milk. Season to taste with sugar and vanilla. Set on ice till thoroughly cold. Then turn in freezer and stir rapidly till frozen. This makes it fine grained. COFFEE ICE CREAM. One cup strong coffee (very strong), one large cup sugar dissolved in coffee, one quart of cream whipped. Freeze. DELICIOUS ICE CREAM. Mrs. Frances Vawter.