Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-08
Ten Words or Less Ten Cents
GOODIES FOR THE CHILD.
Plain, Wholesome Cakes and Dishsr
Riddles May Eat.

Plain, Wholesome Cakes and Dishsc
!, Riddles May Eat.
Mother Goose Cookies. In Jne house
furnishing departments of some of the
big stores tin cake cutters may be had
reproducing the outlines of some of
! the Mother Goose characters. But If
these are lacking there are always
elephants, dogs, cats, stars and moons
to be found, and these are equally en-
tertaining to little folks. Delicious CO.
coanut cookies are made in this way:
Take three-fourths of cupful OF
] butter, two cupfuls of sugar. two eggs,
one cupful of grated cocoanut, one tea
spoonful Of baking powder sifted with
little -four. Stir butter and sugar to
cream; add the eggs, the cocoanut
and powder Use -four enough to roll
out thin. cut into the shapes and bake
in buttered tins TO delicate brown
Don't get them too brown or half the
taste of the cookies will be lost.
Ringlets.-These simple little cakes
are excellent for eating with ice cream
or fruit dessert. Children also find
them amusing liking to stick their
fingers through the holes in the center
and so eat them. Mix into stiff
dough two cupfuls of sifted flour with
five tablespoonfuls Of sugar, three
fourths of cupful of butter, the yolk
of six eggs and the grated rind of one
lemon. Leave 1t on ice or in very
cool place for one hour, then roll the
dough ON a Toured board till 1t is one
eighth of an inch thick. Cut into
rounds with cooky cutters, then take
a smaller cutter and cut round piece
from the center of each. Brush the
"ringlets" over with beaten egg mixed
with sugar and bake a delicate brown
in medium hot oven.
Fruit Drink. -Pineapples or oranges
make a delicious drink which is sure |
to please the children Peel the pine
apples and cut them into tiny bits;
cover the fruit with powdered sugar
and let it stand overnight. The next
day drain off the juice. add distilled
water and serve In wlneglasses. The
orange juice looks pretty served in the
same way Strain 1t first, sweeten it
and add little lemon juice If the tart
touch is liked.
Banana FrItters. = These make an
excellent dessert for chfld's luncheon
when little friends are invited Put a
,up Of sifted prepared -four in bowl
add one-half tablespoonful Of butter and
rub this and -four together. Add one
half cupful of creamy milk. one table
spoonful of sugar and the yolks of two
eggs. Beat the whites of the eggs to
a stift froth and add the batter grad
ually TO them. Peel six bananas and
cut each in three lengthwlse slices,
dip each slice into the batter and fry
to a golden brown in boiling lard. Lay
them all on hot dish, sprinkle with
powdered sugar and serve piping hot.
Cheap Ice Cream. - Sweeten one
quart of sweet cream with one cupful i
of sugar and flavor with two tea
spoonfuls OF vanilla extract and then
freeze In the ordinary way.
> Nut Cake.-One cupful of sugar, half
a cupful Of butter, half cupful Of
milk, two cupfuls Of pastry -four, two
eggs, one cupful of raisins. one OF wal
nuts or hickory nuts, a teaspoonful
and half Of baking powder. Cream
butter and sugar. then add eggs well |
beaten, then milk and -four In which |
baking powder has been thoroughly |
mixed Add raislns and nuts. Bake
little over half an hour in q moder-
ate oven.