Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-12

TN the words of the Apostle, "Re-
joice and yet again l say, re-
- joice!" The latest advices tell us
that flour has dropped a dollar a bar
rel in Chicago. 1t sounds encouraging
with Christmas on the way and so
rich fruit cake of years gone by has
| always been a heavy drain on the
pocketbook. Here is toothsome sub
stitute which can be made even by
the woman who boycotts eggs.
Cheap Christmas Cake
Put into a kettle
cupful dark brown sugar
| "a cups water
| / IL cups SeedlesS raSins
1-3 cup lard
teaspoon ground cinnamon
u teaspoon ground olives
| Il teaspoon grated nutmeg
II teaspoon salt
Let boil about three minutes and set
| aside. When fairly cool add scant
cups flour in which one-half teaspoon
Royal baking powder and one tea
spoon of soda had been mixed. Add
one cup of chopped and Toured nut
meats and bake in moderate oven.
This will make one loaf cake.
There is always a plain cake needed
at this time with either cocoanut, ma
pie or chocolate icing and no more
reasonable receipt could be secured
than
Elias One Egg Cake
One cupful sugar, l egg, table,
spoons shortening. or Crisco is used
add one-half teaspoon salt to one cup
of Crisco); one-half cup milk, tea
spoons Royal Baking Powder, one and
one-half cups flour
Cheap and Easy Devil Cake
! cupful sugar, l egg, yolk only. Re-
tain the white for the icing. " cups
full flour, l tablespoon shortening and
pinch. of salt. l teaspoonful royal
baking powder, 2 squares bitter choco-
late, l teaspoonful of soda, vanilla to
taste. Cream sugar, shortening and
salt. Add beaten egg yolk and choco-
late which was melted in one cup of
into flour and add. Dissolve soda in
half cup boiling water and add.
Flavor with vanilla.
Frosting
Boil IL cups sugar and u cup
water until it threads. Pour on
beaten white of one egg. Flavor. Beat
until still enough to spread.
Also for the little tots there must
always be a cooky jar convenient dur
ing that most wonderful week of the
year.
Soft Cookies
One cup shortening, pinch of salt,
1 3a cups sugar, l egg, tablespoons
Just enough flour to roll out into
soft dough. Sprinkle with sugar be-
fore rolling, cut in rounds and bake
in quick oven.
Plain Cookies. One-half cup of
shortening, pinch of salt 116 cups
sugar, l egg, beaten, 1 cup water, l
teaspoon grated nutmeg, l cup flour
sifted with one teaspoon royal baking
powder. Add sufficient flour to make
n soft dough. Roll out, cut into
cookies and bake pale brown in a
moderate oven.
Pies form no small part of the
Christmas baking and just a word as
TO the real secret of light flaky crust.
Some chefs recommend ice water and
chilled dough, others insist that the
water be warm. Really, it makes not
the least bit of difference. The secret
lies in working the shortening into the
| -four with the tips of the fingers -
/ breaking ii up, so to speak so
thoroughly that the mixture begins to
grow stiff or short enough to almost
roll out before the water is added.
Handle it thereafter as little as pos
sihle. 1t took pe years to learn this
little trick but now plain pastry has
no terrors.
Egglcss Pumpkin Custard Pie Filling
Cut up pumpkin and boil, then mash
through fine sieve or colander. Use
canned pumpkin If preferred. Add
grated cocoanut and milk enough to
make a custard which looks as If eggs
were used, then thiclen with a scant
| teaspoon of -four dissolved in milk
Sprinkle cinnamon or nutmeg on top.
NIincc Pic
For the busy woman the making of
mince meat is a trying task. A good
homemade quality can be secured in
the open market at 2 pounds for a
quarter. This can be strength ened by
adding brandy and spices before using.
The same applies to the canned mince-
meat which sells for 25c and 45c per
can. For the woman who disapproves
of alcoholic favoring, cider and a
couple of tablespoons of Barberry
jelly may be substituted.
Mock Mince Pie
Four common soda crackers, rolled;
4 Il cups sugar, / cup molasses, Ia
cup lemon juice or vinegar. / cup
seeded raisins, chopped, one-half cup
shortening. one-quarter teaspoon salt,
beaten eggs. spices to taste. Mix to-
gether and bake between two crusts.
This quantity will make two pies.