The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-06
Choice Rocipes,

! Choice Recipes.
Cocoa-Nut Cake. Two heaping cups
powdered sugar whites Of FIVE eggs
beaten to stiff froth half cup Of but
ter beaten to a cream with sugar and
cup of sweet milk, three medium.
sized cups of flour, and two and one
half teaspoonfuls of baking powder !;
take a cup and half of desiccated
cocoa-nut; if you prefer one fresh
CRATE it fine-a whole one alternate
the -four, cocoa.nut and egg; do not
use too much flour leave out a little
of the nut to use with the frosting of
the top make frosting as usual and
spread when warm, sprinkling the CO.
coa.nut at the very last over the FROST
ing bake in moderate oven just
three-quarters Of an hour. You can
use the yolks to make a custard, and
by adding tablespoonful of corn
starch it will never curdle.
Rich Waffles.-Make a thin paste
with eight ounces Of flour, six ounces
of pulverized sugar, two eggs, few
rdrops of essence to flavor.
Warm and butter both sides of the
mold, put some Of the paste into it..
close it gently, set it on the fire, turn
it over to heat both sides equally, dust
them with sugar when done, and serve
either warm or cold. It takes hardly
a minute for each one with a good fire.
Chicken Salad.-Boil two chickens,
bone, chop fine E; chop as much celery
as chicken, or, if you desire, take half
celery and half cabbage; boil ten eggs
take the yolks only-cream them, add
three-fourths of pound Of butter, a
little vinegar, mustard, and pepper to
suit your taste.
Rice Corn Bread.-For half-dozen
persons, five eggs, one pint sour milk,
one pint cooked rice, one teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful Of soda, corn
meal sufficient to make a thin batter !;
bake three quarters Of an hour.
Baked Apple Dumplings.-One pint
of flour, one tablespoonful lard and
butter mixed, one cup Of
milk, one.half teaspoonful of So
da dissolved in hot water, one of
cream tartar, a pinch of salt. Chop
the shortening into the -four after
you have sifted this and the cream tar.
tar together, put in the soda and wet
up quickly with the milk-just stiff
enough to roll into a paste half an inch
thick. Cut into squares, and lay in the
centre OF each a tart apple, pared and
cored bring the corners OF the square
nearly together, and pinch slightly.
Bake in moderate oven !; eat with hot,
sweet sauce.
Boiled Apple Dumplings.. Take nine,
sour, apples, peel and core them make
dough of one quart of flour, two tea
spoonfnls of baking powder, one tea.
spoonful of salt, one-half coffee-cup of
lard, enough water to make soft
dough roll and cut into nine pieces,
cook your apples, stick them with
fork, bake, boil er steam them.
TO Recook Roast Beef-I.-Cut nice
slices from it and broil over quick
fire; be sure to turn them every mo-
ment and let them only get very hot
through; have your dish heated, and
put into it some butter pepper and salt
turn the slices over in this and send to
the table at once.
Indian Meal Pound Cake.-Sift one
pint Of yellow corn meal and one half
pint wheat four--into which you have
put full teaspoonful of baking powder
and q small teaspoonful Of salt, one
grated nutmeg. one tablespoonful of
ground cinnamon. Put three.quarters
of pound Of granulated sugar and