rved peach and pour
over two tablespoons melba syrup made as follows: melt 1/2 cup
raspberry syrup to which has been added one tablespoon fine cut
candied cherries and decorate with whipped cream.
+Praline Cream.+-- Put 1/4 cup granulated sugar with one tablespoon
cornstarch and one pint milk over the fire and boil five minutes,
stirring all the time, then add the yolks of two eggs and one
teaspoon vanilla and set aside to cool, in another saucepan put 1/2
cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup water over the fire and boil until
it turns a golden brown; pour on a buttered marble and when cold
roll with a rolling pin until fine, sprinkle into the cooked
mixture, add 1/2 pint cream and freeze in a well-packed freezer.
+Prune Whip.+-- Rub 1/2 cup prunes after they have been cooked through
a sieve; add 1/2 bottle whipped cream to it and two tablespoonfuls
powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, serve in six sherbet glasses
with lady fingers around the edge.
+War Bread.+-- Two cups of rye flour, one cup bran, one cup Indian
meal, one teaspoonful salt, one yeast cake and 2 cups of luke warm
water, two tablespoonfuls molasses, one teaspoonful fat; put flour,
bran and meal into a bowl, add the salt and rub the fat through the
flour, then add the yeast and crumble it fine, then add the warm
water and mix well about 15 minutes, cover and let raise to double
its height, then add some wheat flour slowly while kneading the
dough to a soft firm dough; shape it into loaves, put into buttered
pan, let rise again till double its size, and bake in a medium hot
oven till done about 3/4 of an hour.
+Bran Muffins.+-- Put one cup of bran and one cup of whole wheat in a
bowl, add one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon fat and rub it through
until fine and then add one egg, two tablespoons molasses and one
cup milk and a heaping teaspoon baking powder, mix well and put in
buttered and floured muffin tins and bake about fifteen minutes.
+Oatmeal Cookies.+-- Cream two tablespoons butter with 1/2 cup sugar
until white and creamy, add one egg and stir again a few minutes,
then add 1/2 cup oatmeal and 1/2 cup flour, two tablespoons raisins, one
tablespoon molasses and 1/4 cup milk; drop by teaspoons on
well-buttered tins and bake in a hot oven about ten minutes.
+Vienna Pancakes.+-- Put two ounces flour with three eggs in a bowl,
add 1/2 teaspoon salt, one cup milk, one teaspoon sugar and beat
fifteen minutes, heat a large well-cleaned frying pan
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