The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-10
WARTIME COOKING
Recipes from Womans Auxiliary of Food
Administrator, Barre.
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The following recipes have been col
lected by the womans auxiliary to the
food administration of Barre, and have
been tried before being given to the pub
lie. Therefore it would he well for
every housekeeper to cut this article out
for future reference. All the recipes are
selected to conform to the present war.
time demands.
All measures level
Cookies.
Oatmeal Drop cup sugar, "a cup
shortening, 21a cups oatmeal, egg,
cups corn -four, / teaspoon salt, tea.
spoons baking powder, milk, teaspoons
cinnamon. Peanuts or raisins if desired.
Cream sugar with shortening and add
beaten egg. Sift dry ingredients and
add to sugar, fat and egg. Add enough
milk (about ~ cup) to form a drop
batter Drop with teaspoon two inches
apart on creased baking sheet Bake
in moderate oven.
Graham-l cup molasses, "a cup lard
tablespoons sugar, VI cup sour milk,
! teaspoon soda in milk, 1s teaspoon salt,
a teaspoon cloves, 1a teaspoon CHINA.
mon, ls4 cups graham -four.
Rice Flour Cookies Cream u cup but
ter substitute, add u cup sugar, un-
beaten egg, grated rind of one lemon and
" cup rice flour. Add enough more rice
-four to roll. Roll thin and cut.
Hoover Cream Cookies-% cup sugar
egg, u cup sour cream, " teaspoon
soda, little nutmeg, / cup rye flour, IA
cup corn flour, l3 cup barley. Roll
thin.
Oatmeal Macaroons-l tablespoon fat,
8 tablespoons syrup, tablespoons sugar
egg, ! " cups oatmeal, Y teaspoon salt,
Y teaspoon baking powder, table
spoons flour, 2 teaspoons almond extract.
Combine the melted fat, sugar and syrup,
Add beaten egg and stir in the other in
gradients. Drop from teaspoon on
CREASED sheets or pans, and bake in a
moderate oven about Is minutes. This
makes about 25 cookies. Chopped raisins
may be used in place of 'the almond ex-
tract.
Cakes.
Chocolate Potato Cake-A cup short
ening, " cup sugar, egg well beaten,
cup hot riced potato, about "a cup
milk, "A teaspoon salt, l.3 square choco-
late, melted, u cup barley -four, 3 tea
spoons baking powder. Cream sugar and
shortening, add egg and hot potato, Mix
and sift dry ingredients and add with
chocolate and milk. Put into hot oven
and reduce heat in about five minutes
Bake about 30 minutes.
Barley Coffee Cake cup shortening,
u cup molasses, cup strong coffee, |
egg, | cup barley -four, u teaspoon
cloves, teaspoon cinnamon, Y teaspoon
allspice, W teaspoon soda, "a cup raisins
Mix shortening, molasses, coffee and
beaten egg. Sift together barley -four
cloves, allspice, cinnamon and soda. Stir
into the liquid, beat thoroughly. Stir
in the raisins dredged with a little flour
Bake in muffin tins in quick oven.
Drop Cake~-l egg, * cup sugar, 90
cup milk, teaspoon salt, tablespoon
fat, "a teaspoon cloves, "a teaspoon Gin
namon, IA cups barley -four, u cup
rice flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder
Drop with teaspoon.
Rice Sponge Cake "a cup rice -four, !
cup sugar, eggs, tablespoons lemon
juice, u teaspoon salt Separate whites
and yolks. Beat yolks until thick; beat
sugar in and add lemon juice. Fold in
alternately, the stifily beaten whites and
-four, Bake in INCREASED pan.
War Cakes cup brown sugar, "a
cup karo syrup, 3 tablespoons fat, cup
sour milk, ~ teaspoons soda mix
Well, teaspoon cloves, | teaspoon Gin
namon, cup barley -four, " cup corn
-four, u cup rye flour. Roll raisins in a
little Of the -four Bake IN a moderate
oven As minutes
Cocoa Drop Cakes-3 tablespoons