The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-01-26
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CREAM CAKE.-4 cups of -four, 5 cups
of sugar, l cup of butter, l cup OF cream,
5 eggs, teaspoonful of soda and the
same quantity of cream-tartar.
PLUM PUDDING.-1 pound raisins, l
pound currants, 4 pound citron, pound
candied fruit, pound suet, i pound sug-
ar, / pound mixed -four and bread
crumbs, 8 eggs, spices to taste; boil 4
hours. .a aF ia
CHOICE CooKIEs.-2 eggs, 2 cupfuls
white sugar, cupful butter, cupful
sweet milk, 2 teaspoonfuls cream-tartar,
1 teaspoonful soda, 4 nutmeg.
COCOANUT JUMBLEs.-4 pound cocoa
nut, ] pound sugar, whites of eggs, 2
tablespoonfuls of flour, 2 tablespoonful
of milk of cocoanut; CRATE the cocoanut,
beat the eggs very light and mix all to-
gether; form into small cakes or pyra-
mids and bake in moderate oven.
CITRON CAKE.-1 cupful of good but
ter and 2 of white sugar, beaten to q
cream: 8 cupfuls sifted flour, 4 well
beaten eggs-whites and yelks separate
ly-1 cupful sweet milk, l teaspoonful
cream-tartar sifted in the flour, 4 tea
spoonful soda dissolved in the milk, 4
pound of citron Tor less) cut in very
thin pieces, well dredged with flour, and
added at the last; flavor with lemon or
rose.
BISCUIT WITHOUT SoDA.-1 quart of
flour, 2 teaspOonfuls yeast-pOwder, l
heaping teaspoOnful lard, and level
teaspoonful of salt; milk and water
mixed, half each, about two-thirds of a
pint; mix the flour and yeast powder to-
gether, then rub the lard we'll in until
no particles of lard can be seen add the
milk and water, mixing all together with
q spoon; turn out and knead until
smooth; the dough should be as soft as
it can conveniently be rolled out. Roll
out about an inch thick, cut with a
round, smooth cutter, then fold over in
the center like turnover, having first
dampened the upper side to make the
folks stick together. Allow plenty of
room in the pan SO they will not run
together.
APPLE SHORTCAKE.-To quart of
sifted flour add small teaspoonfuls of
cream-tartar, teaspoonful of salt; mix
it with sweet milk in which small tea
spoonful of soda has been mixed, after
dissolving it in water. Roll out the
dough and put teacupful of butter on
it in small bits, and roll them in thor
oughly. Bake the dough in 2 pie plates.
Split open each cake, spread with but
ter quickly, and cover with apple-jam
or any kind of apple-sauce. Pour
some sweet cream over the top
of the apple, CRATE nutmeg over
it, and cover with the other half,
placed crust side down, spread it with
butter and proceed as before. You can
make this shortcake of one layer of ap-
ple-jam, or one with three layers. 1t
makes delicious dessert dish, and a
good relish for the tea-table.
COOP YEAsT.-Take good-sized po-
tatoes, peel, and cut them in half, put
them in about 2 quarts of water, or a
little more; let them boil soft, then put
in handful of good hops; let them
boil until they settle to the bottom, say
hour, then strain them through a tin
strainer, rubbing the potatoes well
through the water; add teaspsonful
of brown sugar; let it stand till cool,
then stir in 4 teaspoonful of flour; when
cold pour it into one of those large
glass preserve-jars with screw cover;
stand in a warm place to rise, shaking
it up occasionally. In "a hours it will
be light; skim off any black scum that
rises to the top; when it is light there
will be froth on the top and it looks
white all through. There is no yeast to
compare to this. 1t is easily made and
rises bread very quickly.