The Ordway new era., 1918-03-01
Excellent puddinss.
Wholesome bread and cookies.
An appetizins soup for cold day.
Raked dinner dish in place of meat

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Baked dinner dish in place Of meat.
To cook oatmeal, stir slowly two
and one-half cupfuls of rolled oats in
to five cupfuls of boiling water which
has in 1t two and One-half teaspoon
fuls of salt. Cook for one hour or
over night In double boiler or fire.
less cooker. This will serve five peo-
pie. If you want it for two meals,
cook twice the amount to save time
and fuel.
Delicious Oatmeal Puddines.
Do you know that oatmeal makes
delicious puddings and other good
things?
Try one when you have n light din
ner or supper.
Oatmeal Betty.
Two cupfuls oatmeal.
-Four apples cut up small.
+ One-half cupful raisins.
One-half cupful sugar.
One-fourth teaspoonful cinnamon.
Mix and bake for one-half hour.
Serve hot or cold. Any dried or fresh
fruits, dates, or ground peanuts may
be used instead of apples. Either will
serve five people.
Scotch Soup.
With bread and dessert 1t is enough
for lunch or supper.
Two and one-half quarts water, one
and one-Quarter cupfuls rolled oats.
Five potatoes cut in small pieces.
Two onions, sliced, two tablespoon
fuls flour.
Two tablespoonfuls fat.
Boil the water and add the oatmeal,
potato, and onion, one-hulf tablespoon
full of salt and one-half teaspoonful
pepper. Cook for one-half hour. Brown
the flour with the fat and add to the
soup. Cook until thick. One cupful of
tomato adds to the flavor. Serves five
people.
Oatmeal Bread
is delicious with all mcals-try 1t.
One cupful milk or water. one tea
spoonful salt.
Two and one-half cupfuls wheat
-four.
One cupful rolled oats.
Scald the liquid, add salt and pour
over the oats. cool half. an hour. add
the yeast mixed with one-qunrter cup
full lukewarm water, and the flour.
Knead and let rise until double the
size. Knead again and let rise In the
pan until the size is doubled. Bake in
moderate oven for so minutes. Makes
one loaf weighing one and one-quarter
pounds.
Spiced Oatmeal Cakes.
The whole family will like these, and
they are easily made.
One and one-half cupfuls flour.
One-half cupful cooked oatmeal. one
quarter cupful sugar.
One-quarter cupful raisins, one
quarter teaspoonful soda.
One-half teaspoOnful baking powder.
One-half teaspoonful cinnamon.
Three tablespoonfuls fat. one-quar-
ter cupful molasses.
Heat the molasses and fat to boil
ing. Mix with all the other materials.
Bake In muffin pans for 30 minutes.
This makes IL cakes.
Especially crisp and good as well as
cheap are:
Scotch oat Crackers.
Two cupfuls rolled oats.
One-quarter cupful milk, one-quarter
cupful molasses.
One and one-half tablespoonfuls fat.
One-quarter teaspoonful soda.
One teaspOonful salt.
Grind or crush the oats and mix
with the other materials. Roll out in
thin sheet and cut in squares. Bake
for 20 minutes in moderate oven.
Makes three dozen crackers.
Instead of meat, cook this appetiz-
ing dish for your family:
Baked Oatmeal and Nuts.
Two cupfuls cooked oatmeal.
One cupful crushed peanuts.
One-half cupful milk.
One teaspoonful vinegar.
One-quarter teaspoOnfuI pepper.
Two and one-half teaspoonfuls salt.
Mix together and bake in n creased
pan Is minutes. This is enough for
five people.
Oatmeal Is a good, inexpensive, nu-
tritious food.
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