The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-21


tired and are recommended to house
wives:
Vanilla Fingers
Use one pound of sugar. oEe-onarter
pound of almonds, two eggs (white1,
one teaspoonful vanilla. Crate the al
rhonds fine; beat the eggs: add thu
sugar, nuts and f1avoring: sprinkle the
baking board with flour; turn out the
mixture On this white bed; add -four
to the top and knead as though bread
dough until smooth; roll out as thin as
knife blade; cut into strips two inches
long and finger in width; place on but
tered sheets and bake in gentle oven
until golden. These fingers will be ho1-
low inside.
Frosting Without Eggs.
Add to four tablespoonfuls of eonfec-
TONER s xxx or powdered sugar a seant
tablespoonful of water or milk. stir well,
and use, adding little more sugar IL
the frosting is not thick enough. For
chocolate frosting, proceed as above,
and add one-half square of chocolate
that has first been placed in cup aud
thoroughly melted over steam.
Sweet Rissoles.
Cut circles of puff paste three inches
in diameter from a sheet one-auarter
inch thick, or even thicker. Wet the
edge of each circle for one half inch all
around, lay one teaspoonful of any
thick, stewed fruit or marmaiade on one
side of the circle and fold the other
half over upon this so the edges meet.
Pinch the edges together so they will
adhere. brush over with beaten egg and
bake in a quick oven. Dust with sugar
and serve.
Nesselrode Pudding.
Make a boiled eustard, using eight
eggs and quart of milk. When thick
and smooth set aside to cool. When
cold add a quart of rich cream and
grind until half-frozen. Remove the
dasher and beat into the cream pound
of chopped marrons glaees. Stir in well,
replace the cover of the freezer pack
it down well with ice and salt and leave
for three hours. Turn out on chilled
| platter and heap whipped cream about
it.
Banana Custard.
| Beat together the yolks of two eggs,
| half-cup of sugar and a teaspoonful of
cornstareh rubbed smooth in a little
milk Pour this mixture into pint Of
boiling milk and cook, stirring until il
| thickens. Slice four bananas into a
! pudding dish and pour this eustard over
them Beat the whites of the two eggs
| to stiff froth with one teaspoonfui OF
sugar. spread them over the custard and
set in the oven long enough to brown.
| Apple Salad.
Pick over a bunch of watereress,
freshen in cold water for an hour, then
dry thoroughly in a towel. Sprinkle
, with French dressing and arrange in a
salad dish. Quarter two tart red ap-
plies. remove the cores and cut in quart
er-inch sections Arrange these in and
among the watercress. add more. dress
ing and serve with roast duck.
Egg and Cheese Salad.
! Slice half dozen hard boiled eggs.
Line salad dish with lettuce leaves.
cover with a layer of the eggs and
sprinkle thickly with grated cheese.
Thin some of the cooked dressing with
little cream and put few spoonfuls
| over the cheese Add another layer Of
eggs and cheese and sprinkle of chop
ped cucumber pickle. Put in the re-
mainder of the eggs, cover with the
dressing and sprinkle more cheese over
all.
Plain Cookies
One generous cupful of butter, one
and one-half cups of sugar three eggs.
one level teaspoonful of baking soda
mixed with tablespoonful of hot
water; two cups of -four. Mix and roll
out, adding more water or flour if neces-
sary. Roll very thin and cook in
moderate oven.
/ Tomato Bisuue.
d. Inl IF RI
stew. with a good slice of onion, a
teaspoonful of salt. a little pepper. and,
if Won have it. a sprig or two of parsley
or a bav leaf. When they are soft and
smooth, rub all through fine sieve and
/ add a saltspoon of soda, and when the
foaming stops put in tiny bits of but
ter till YOU have used a large table
I spoonful Thicker a quart of milk with
level tablespoonful of cornstarch dis
solved IN a little of the cold milk and
cook till smooth-about ten minutes IN
the double boiler. Then pour the milk
into the tomatoes and serve at once.
Neapolitan Pudding.
Soak one half box of gelatin in one
cup of cold water one hour. Bring TO
boil three cups of milk and dissolve IN
| it the softened gelatin and three-foErths
| cup OF sugar; ada one cup u ciedHA "
one small can of cream; divide in three
equal portions; flavor with one-h half tea
spoon vanilla and color with melted
chocolate. The second flavor with one
half teaspoon of orange and color with
beaten yolk of egg; leave the third
part white and favor with one-half tea
spoon of lemon; first put white in mold,
when partly set add orange, then eho-
eolate. Delicious served with whipped
cream.
Apple Cornmeal Pudding.
Pare and core twelve pippin apples,
slice them thin. then stir with one quart
of milk. one quart of sffted eornneaf:
add little salt. then the apples, four
spoonfuls of Clipped suet and a tea
cupful of good molasses. adding a tea
; spoon of soda dissolved; mix these wei
together. pour into a buttered dish and
bake four hours; serve hot with sugar
and wine sauce. This is the most SIM
ple cheap and luxurious fruit pudding
that can be made.
Pudding without Eggs
Take one-balf cup Of sugar; pinch
Of salt. butter. one teaspoon; milk, one