Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
RELIABLE RECIPES.

KELlAbLE KECIPES.
Chicken Pot Pie.--Cut the chicken into
pieces as for fricassee: put it in
kettle with nearly enough water 10 cover
and cook slowly until tender. hut nor
falling from the bones. Take Oft the
cover during the last half hour and al
low the gravy to be reduced to three
cups. Cool. skim off all the fact and re-
heat Make the dumpings Of TWO cups
OF pastry flour Sifted with four level
teaspoons of baking powder, half n tea
spoon Of salt and a rounding tablespoon
of butter rubbed in, Mix with milk to
make soft dough that can be rolled
out, adding the last carefully. because
no more -four should be taken. Roll out
mn inch thick and cut in rounds. Put
perforated tin pie plate over the
chicken, lay the dumplinGs on il and COW
or closely. The chicken should he boil
ing when the dumplings are added and
Kept NJ the boiling point for half an
hour. Lay the dumpings on hot plat
ter in border: fill with the chicken and
thlcken the gravy with rounding table
spoon of flour made smooth in little
cold water. Cook hve minutes and pour
round the chicken.
Apple Meringue Line plate with
good paste. Stew mildly sour apples
and press through Il Straner and TO
two cups of the apple add the yellow
rInd OF one lemon grated and also the
JUICE. Rub level tablespoon of flour
smooth in a little cold water. add To the
apple, with sugar to Swecten. Season
with few gratlugS of nutmeg and beat
all very light with a fork. Make
meringue with the whites Of three eggs
beaten to stiff froth with two rounding
tablespoons of powdered sugar. add
teaspoon Of lemon juice. Spread over
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sugar and set in a cool oven to brown.
Little ngerbreads.-Put one cup of
molasses aud one-quartcr cup of butter
INTO a small saucepan and when it
reaches the scalding point add Mt once
one and one-hH level teaspoons of soda,
one-half cur IS sour milk mixed with
one beaten and two cups of flour
siftod with .e-half level teaspoon OF
salt and one teaspoon of ginger. Turn
into small buttered pans and bake in a
rather quick oven.
Sour Cream Cake.-Break two eggs
in cup and I'LL the cup with sour cream.
Turn out into a bowl and beat very
light, then add one cup Of sugar and
beat again. Sift one-half level teaspoon
of soda and a pinch of salt in one and
one-half cups of -four and beat with
spice to the taste. Ii sweet cream is
used take three level teaspoons of bak-
Fried SmeltS-Dry the smelts on a
cloth, dust with salt and pepper, roll in
flour then in egg beaten with one table
spoon of cold water and last i'm fine
bread crumbs. Fry in deep hot fat for
i've minutes. drain and serve with sauce
tartare. The smelts selected for fry
ing should be large. They may be
SkeWered with wooden tooth picks into Il
circle.
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teaspoon If dry mustard, the same of
sugar. saltspoon Of salt and a few
grains Of cayenne. Add rho unbeaten
yolkS of two eggs, one-half cup of olive
oil. one and one-half tablespoons of
vinegar tarragon preferred. rounding
teaspoon each of chopped pickles. ca
perS and olives and a level teaspoon of
minced parsley.
Gold Leaf Cake.-NIcasure one hal,
cup OF butter solidly, then take out
level tablespoon TO make it scant mcas-
ure. Cream this with one cup IF sugar:
beat the yolkS of eight eggs until they
grow light colored and add to the huttcr
and sugar. Add One-half cup of milk
and one and one half cups of flour. siftcd
with three level teaspoons Of baking
powder. Put in half teaspoon 81
orange tiavOring and bake three quarters
OF an hour in one loaf The cake will be-
light but more of the texture of pound
cake than if made with the whites Of
eggs.
Air Balls.-Sift two cups OF flour with
-four level teaspoons of ba king powder
and add Il saltspoon Of salt Rub in
level tablespoon of butter and mix witt
seven eighths cap Of milk or enough 10
make soft dough to roll out Roll on,-
third of an inch thick and fry in deep
hot fat. Drain and dip in hot molasses
These may he served as a desert or for
a luncheon dish
French Rolls Silt two quarts Of -four
which would be eight measuring Guns
full. with II level teaspoon of salt and
onc-ban cup of sugar. Heat two cups Of
milk 10 the scalding point, add one-quar-
ter cup Of lard and when Iukewarm turn
IN one-haLf yeast cake dissolved III "a
little cool water. Make "A hole in tI.
center Of the flour. pour in the mixture
hut do not stir; cover and set away 10
rise light. When risen mix and kneal I
and let rise again. Repeat the rising
ana cut down, then roll ont. cut iu I
rounds. brush half of each with melta2
butter fold over and let rise in pan
SET closely together Bake in a hot oyen +.
Salad Dressing one rounding /
tablespoon Of butter and level traspGDA /
each Of mustard. salt and sugar into
boWl ana beat until creamy. Add slowiF (
three tablespoons Of olive oil and Two
and one-balf tablespoons of vinegar: pes /
well aud add one beaten egg. beat again /
ana the dressing Is ready 10 serve All
the ingredients should he very cold he- /
fore beginning TO mix them.
Lemon Ice.-Put two cups Of boiliug
water and one cup Of sugar into saur..- .
pan and simmer twenty minutes. Aad|
1ne-half cup Of lemon juice. cool AMI
freeze.
Glazed Carrots.-Scrape carrots free .
from their skin and cut with groove
cutter in lattice fashion, or cut in til. /
slices. Boil FIVE minutes. drain Law i3
pan aud set in the oven 10 t4..