Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-01-05
Recipes.

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Recipes.
FRUIT COOKIES
Mix together one cup butter, one cup
brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one
half cup sour milk or cream, one tea
spoon soda, one cup chopped rsisins,
,ne half cup currants, three we'll beaten
,ggs, q teaspoon each of ground cloves.
cinnamon and allspice, and . sprinkle OF
mace and nutmeg. Add flour to make q
Ioft dough. Roll 80 as to make thick
cookies.
SUGAR COOKIES
Cream together two cups sugar and
,ne cup butter, and add ono cup sour
cream in which is dissolved one tea
spoon soda, three beaten eggs, and -four
enough to make soft dough. Roll out,
sprinkle with sugar, roll this slightly in
10 the dough, cut and bake in brisk
oven.
aRANDMA's CREDIBLE CAKES
To one pint of sour milk add ono tea
spoon soda, one. quarter teaspoon salt,
one wsll-beaten egg, and one pint flour.
Mix we'll, bake on q hot well-greased
yriddle, and serve with butter and
maple syrup.
GRAHAM MUFFINs
Sift together one and one-fourth cup
'uls graham -four, one cup white -four,
hree. fourths teaspoon soda and one tea
Ipoon salt. To one cup sour milk add
,ne- third cup molasses, mix well, then
'tir this into the dry ingredients, and
bake.
JOHNNY CAKE
Mix together and sift one cup corn
neal, one cup white -four and one tea
Ipoon salt. Beat one egg until 1t 10
light and add it to one cup sour milk
md one-half cup molasses 10 which is
dissolved one teaspoon soda. Stir In
he dry ingredients, add oue-fourth cup
Melted butter and bake in q square pan.
YANKEE BROWN BREAD
With one cup graham flour sift one
up corn meal, one cup rye meal and
me teaspoon salt. Dissolve three
ourths teaspoon soda in two cups sour
milk, add three-fourths cup molasses,
'tir in the dry ingredients, pour into q
,uttered mold and steam for three and
,ne- half hours. A five-pound lard pail
will answer the purpose Of mold.
Remember never to I'll . mold more
han two-thirds full. Add little boil
ng water occasionally 80 as to keep the
water about halfway up on the mold,
" hich should be placed on . trivet in
he kettle.
SOUR CREAM BISCUITS
Place two cups sour cream In mix
pg bowl, add one teaspoon soda and
mall quantity Of flour, stirring well.
Silt together second teaspoonful OF
Ioda, q teaspoonful each OF baking pow.
Ter and salt, and cup Of -four. Mix all
together and add little more -four II
to make soft dough. Bake
n q hot oven for fifteen minutes.
DUxBURY poUGHNUTs
Beat one egg and add to 1t one cup
sugar, q pinch of salt, nutmeg to taste,
md one cup sour milk in which 10 dis
solved one teaspoon soda, q teaspoon
bot lard, and -four enough to roll
about three cups. Fry in deep fat.
COUNTRYSIDE CAKE
Cream together one cup granulated
sugar and three-fourths cup butter; add
he yolks of three eggs and beat again
until creamy. Then stir in one cup
black berry jam, one teaspoon soda dis
solved in three tablespoons sour cream,
md one and one-half cups flour sifted to-
,ether with one teaspoon cinnamon and
me small nutmeg grated. Add the
xell.beaten whites OF the eggs last.
Bake in two layers and put together
With boiled frosting. Raspberry or
jam may be used in place of
he blackberry.
SOUR CREAM DRESSING
Beat one-half pint sour cream with an
,gg. beater until light. Mix together
;wo tablespoons lemon juice, two table,
'poons vinegar, one scant tablespoon
,ugar, one teaspoon salt, one-fourth tea.
spoon pepper, and one teaspoon or more
mixed mustard. Gradually add this
mixture to tho cream, beating briskly
while you pour it in.
MARsHMALLow FUDGE
Mix together two cups sugar, two tea
spoons cocoa and oue-half cup rich milk
,r cream. Boil together three minutes,
ben add butter size of an egg, continue
% boil seven minutes and move from
'tove. add one tablespoon msrshmallow
RENE, and beat to cream. Pour into
,uttered pans and cut In squares.
SQUASH DoUsHNUTs
Two eggs, IA cups sugar, IL cups
Iquash, l cup sour milk, ! heaping tea
'poon soda, IL teaspoon salt, IA tea.
'poon nutmeg, flour enough to roll out.
Beat the eggs and sugar together, then
.dd the squash. Use what 10 left from
he table, then it requires no shorten
ng and they will keep moist for long
lime.
APPLES ON HALFsHELL
Cut slices of bread into rounds, butter
md put in baking dish, pare and core
ome good large apples, cut them Cross
wise into inch thick slices, put on each
lice of bread, dust with graduated
ugsr and put in hot oven, bake 20 min
ties and serve with cream.
APPLES WITH LEMON
Make syrup of sugar and water.
Slice q lemon into 1t and let boil until
lear. Pare and core sound tart apples,
mt into quarters and lay them carefully
nto the syrup; let them cook gently IN
II straw can be run through them,
akipg care not to break them. Lay the
pieces of apple In glass dish, boil down
be syrup, and when slightly cool pour
'ver the apples.
oLD.FAsHIoNED SALT FISH DINNER
Soak fish over night 10 cold water
kin side up so that the salt may be
lrawu out. When cooking, put on the
Itove in fresh water and keep warm, but
rot boiling. till softened. Then remove
he bones and skin, place on warm
take salt pork, cut In half-inch
,r smaller slices, cut these into small
quare dice, fry carefully In spider un'
II crisp brown, turning often; pour fat
md all into hot gravy boat for serving.
NEW ENGLAND PANCAKES
Beat 8 eggs very light, add 1-2 pint
milk, / tablespoon melted butter, cup
Iugar, ~ teas poon soda and teaspoon
,ream tartar, mixed with -four enough
o make batter, flavor with nutmeg or
Isnilla and serve hot with the following
aucs: l cup powdered sugar beaten
INTO IL cup butter until white and