The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-02
COOKING cHILoRgN's GOODIES.
BY Martha mcculloeh WIIllams.


Lives there child with appetite so
dead that his mouth never waters
when the word "Goody" is mentionedH
Goodies Of all sorts are the especial
gastronomic delight OF all children,
and let me add that goodies OF all
sorts can be made more digestible
and more delicious by being cooked
in paper bags,
II was an acute social observer who
wrote: "Housekeepers instinctively
add grease and sweetening when cook.
ing for company" Tho same rule
ought to prevail In cooking for chill
dren. Food cannot be too rich for
young. thriving creatures, provided It
is properly proportioned. Perfect
pound cake is a meal in itself, ginger
bread as perfect, but little less salts.
flying, while as for tea cakes OF the
right sort, crisp, sugary, melting, an
active healthy child may eat all 1t
chooses OF them, and be better for
the eating.
Make all these not merely good, but
attractive to the eye. Make also
sponge cake, raisin cake and many
manners OF fancy tartlets. Make them
individual-in that will lie tho su.
preme charm.
Begin by cutting big bag length.
wise into strips two inches wide.
Grease each strip half an inch from
one edge. and cut blunt notches into
the crease, three-quarters Of an inch
apart. From another bag, split open,
cut rounds or oyals, four to FIVE inches
across. Fasten the notched strips to
these with small clips. letting the
notches stand outside and clipping the
ends where they come together. Thus
you have hat-bottomed individual
mould, TO be filed. after buttering,
with anything you like Filled, the
moulds are slid inside large lightly
creased bag, the bag set on trivet,
and after sealing, baked in the oven
Let the cakes cool In the moulds.
then tear away the paper and frost
them or decorate them with candy or
nuts.
Here Is Mammy's Pound Cake-and
better never went In anybody's mouth.
Take ten eggs, a pound CT -four. sifted
with two teaspoonfuls OF cream tartar
and one Of soda, pound OF sifted
sugar, three-quarters OF pound OF
best butter. wineglass of brandy or
sherry, a tablespoonful lemon extract
Cream the butter very Light with half
the sugar, add the other half to the
yolks OF the eggs after beating them
foamy light, and then beat again. Pu:
in the butter and sugar, mix well. add
the liquor next, then half the flour,
putting In q cupful at time. Fold in
next part OF the egg whites, which
should be beaten 80 stiff that they
will stick to the inverted dish. Add
the rest OF the flour, then the last OF
the egg-whlte. Stir In the lemon ex-
tract last of all. Pour into thickly
buttered bags or very thin tin moulds
thickly buttered Seal the loaded bags
and set on a trivet in the oven. Put
;moulds inside creased bags, seal and
put on the grid shelf. Have the oven
hot enough to turn white paper yellow
in five minutes. II the paper scorches
II is too hot-cool Il by setting very
shallow pan of cold water upon the
floor Just before putting In the cake.
Take out the pan after few minutes,
of course, first turning down the gas
fame, or pushing in the hampers to
reduce heat. Cook at moderate heat
until done through. II will take an
hour to an hour and half. accord.
ing to the thickness OF the cakes.
Midway the baking they should be
shifted-those from the grid shelf set
low on the broiler. those from the
broiler put high, so that they will cook
evenly. Make holes in the bag tops