Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-03-04
DOMESTIC HINTS.
ORANGE FLOAT.

ORANGE FLOAT.
One quart of water, the juice and pulr
of two lemons, one coffee cup Of sugar
When boiling hot add four tablespoons
Of corn starch. Let boil fifteen minutes,
stirring all the time. When cold pour
it over four or five oranges that have
been sliced into glass dish, and over
the top spread the beaten whites OF
three eggs, sweetened and favored with
vanilla.
BATTER PUDDING.
Take a good-sized pie dish and put
in the bottom of it few slices of cold
roast mutton, some boiled onion chop.
ped up, and little pepper and salt, then
place thin slice Of bread over this, put
another layer of onions, mutton, pepper.
salt and bread; spread this slice with
some dripping, and put it on top; take
two tablespoonfuls of flour, small salt
spoonful of salt, half teaspoonful OF
baking powder, and mix; then beat up
an egg and add to it one breakfast cup
full of milk with little water in it; pour
this gradually among the flour, and stir
it quite smooth, then pour it over the
bread in the pudding dish and bake
about an hour.
MERINGUE PUDDING.
To pint of grated bread crumbs add
quart of milk; mix together five ounces
of sugar, three ounces of butter and the
beaten yolks of five eggs. Crate the
outer yellow rind of two lemons, and,
with the juice of one, mix all together;
flavor with ground mixed spice to suit
your taste; put the mixture in butter.
ed pan and bake twenty-five minutes.
Beat the white of an egg to spongy
froth, with three ounces of sugar; take
the pudding out of the oven, add the
meringue. and, when slightly colsred.
it is done.
APPLE POT PIE.
Fourteen apples, peeled, cored and
sliced, one and one-half pints of -four,
one teaspoonful baking powder, one
cupful milk, large pinch of salt. Sifi
flour with powder and salt, rub in but.
ter cold, add milk, mix into dough as
for tea biscuits; with It line shallow
stew-pan to within two inches of bot
tom; pour in one and one-half cupfuls
water, apples and sugar; wet edges and
cover with rest of dough; put cover on,
set it to boil twenty minutes, then place
IN moderate oven, cut top crust in four
equal parts; dish apples, lay on them
pieces of side crust cut in diamonds,
and pieces of top crust on plate; serve
with cream.
CHICKEN POT PIE.
Sift into quart of sifted flour two
seaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add
large lump of soft, fresh butter and two
cups of sweet cream and pinch OF
salt, working the dough into a soft mass
as quickly and lightly as possible. Do
not cut but pinch off with fingers roll
shaped dough, put in a baking-pan in a
rather quick oven and bake till light
brown on top. Then with the fingers
tear the rolls in two and place in plat
ter, pouring over your chicken stew.
To make this, cut up your chicken and
cook slowly on the back of the stove
with little water, a large piece of but
ter and pepper and salt When done
add to the gravy a cupful or two of
cream, and when at the boiling point
thicken with flour smoothed in little
cold milk or cream. 1t should be re.
membered in making the crust for this
dish that the mixing of the dough must
be done with the utmost quickness,
lightness and delicacy of touch, beating
and prodding it with a heavy hand
seem to take the vitality out of 1t.
LEMON PUFFS.
Powder and sift a pound and quar-
ter of loaf sugar, and MIX it with the
grated rind of two fresh lemons. Then
whisk the whites of three eggs to a
stiff froth and add gradually to it the
mixture of sugar and grated lemon.
Whisk all thoroughly together until it
becomes thick paste; then cut into
pieces of the desired shape, handling
the paste as little As possible. Place the
pieces upon oiled white paper, and bake
on tins in moderate oven. Eight or
ten minutes will suffice.
MAIBLE CAKE.
White part: One and one-half cups
sugar, one-half cup butter, one half cup
sweet milk, one-half teaspoon of sale
ratus, and one teaspoon of cream tar
tar, two and one-haf cups of flour,
flavor with lemon. Dark part: One
cup sugar, one-half cup molasses, one
half cup butter, one-half cup milk, one
teaspoon cream tartar, one-half tea
spoon soda, one teaspoon of cinnamon,
one teaspoon cloves, one-half teaspoon
pimento, two and one-half cups of -four.