Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

cry and seasoning until light; heat
quickly in a sauce pan, stirring all the
time. When very hot put into the
tureen, turn in the milk, stirring all
well together, and serve.
Rose Apples-One and one-half cups
sugar, one cup water; let boil TO syr-
up (not too thick. Peel apples, re-
move cores. Add TO syrup two heap
ing tablespoons of cinnamon drops
(more if desired), put apples in syrup,
cook slowly until done. Lift apples
from syrup and boil syrup 10 jelly.
Add whipped cream favored and
sweetened. Serve on large platter.
Pour the jelly syrup around the ap-
pies and cover with whipped cream.
If you don't want to use whipped
cream, try marshmallows on each ap-
pie.
Sour Cream Cake-Two cups brown
sugar, one cup sour cream, one level
tablespoon lard, two eggs, one tea
spoon soda, one teaspoon cocoa, two
cups flour. Bake in moderate oven.
Bohemian Peach Dumplings (boiled)
Take four cups of flour and one tea
spoon salt; sift, add one egg, beat in
-four, add water TO mix dough same
IS biscuit. Roll out, cut in squares.
Put on each sliced peaches and sugar,
then pinch tightly together so they
don't break open. Boil in salt water
20 minutes When done take out and
cut in half Take two tablespoons
butter, melt, put peach dumplings in
this. Very good. This takes the place
of meat and potatoes. You can use
plums instead of peaches. When
plums are used. CRATE gjngercake apd
sprinkle over them; or cream cheese
is good.
Fruit Gingerbread -One-half cup OF
butter, one cup brown sugar, two eggs,
one cup Orleans molasses, three cups
flour, 312 teaspoons ginger, two tea
spoons baking powder, one cup seeded
raisins, one-third cup currants, one
third cup citron and orange candied'
one-half cup sweet milk. Beat butter
and sugar till light and creamy. add
beaten yolks of the eggs then raisins'
currants, candied orange and cltron
(chop last two fine); add the molasses,
also -four, with ginger and baking
powder sifted with flour Then add
whites of the two eggs beaten TO
stiff froth. Bake in well-greased pans
in moderate oven until a clean straw
from broom can pass through CAKE
without sticking. Remove from oven
then and cover latter taking from
PAM with cloth.
Flannel Straining Bag-Cut square
or flannel. fold il diagonally through
the center and sew up one side Win
a short, strong stitch. Before uslhs'
dip in hot water and wiring out lightly.
Poor Mans Delight Cake-One cup
sugar, one cup flour, one cup scalueu
milk, whites of two eggs, three Tea
spoons baking powder, pinch OF salI
Sift dry ingredients together I0u'
times. DO no grease pans.
New Kind of Fruit Cake-One egg
one cup sugar, four tablespoons melt
ed butter or fat. one cup sugar, -FOUR
tablespoons melted butter or tat. one
cup fruit (stewed or raw, according
TO the kind used), half teaspoon sods
dissolved in "A little water and strreu
into the fruit. one and oue-haf cups
-four and two teaspoons baking pow
der. Bake in two layers. Ice ana Put
together with little fruit sElrIVu
thtk with confectloner's sugar.
most any kind OF fruit can be used
Baked Peach Dumpings SIN ioul
cups -four and one teaspoon bahlns
powder, add one-half teaspoon sai"
one tablespoon shortening; mix 70
gether add water enough 10 MA
dough; roll out and cut in squares
Slice peaches, put IN with sugar pin.n
tightly together 10 keep Juice w.
running out when baked. Cah
eaten with milk or cream Bake -
morning and viii be ready for suppes
These are nice when going out I'D az
ernoon and don't want to get mNs-
supper.