The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Sweet Apples with Top Milk
Fried Mush Corn Syrup
Oatmeal Bread Toast Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Rice, Baked with Cheese and White
Sauce -
Sliced Tomatoes
Bread Grape Marmalade.
Tea
DINNER.
Baked White Fish
Escalioped Potatoes
Buttered Beets
Lettuce and Pepper Salad
Baked Pears Ginger Cookies
Coffee.
Mullins and Gems.
Corn Muffins-Separate two eggs
Beat the yolks, and add one cupful of
milk, one cupful of cornmeal. half
teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoon of
butter, melted, and half cupful OF
flour sifted with two level teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Beat we'll for
two minutes; then stir in the we'll
beaten white of the eggs. Fill into
twelve muffin pans. and bake in a
quick oven a half hour.
Plain Gems-Separate two eggs
beat the yoiks. and add a half tea
spoonful of salt, tablespoonful OF
butter, melted, one cupful of milk. and
one and a half cupfuls of flour sifted
with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der Beat five minutes: stir in the
well-beaten whites of the eggs, and
fill into twelve muffin pans. Bake
twenty minutes in q quick oven.
Nut Cake Gems-Beat a half cup
full of butter to a cream, add half a
oupful of powdered sugar, one egg and
two tablespoonfuls of molasses. Beat
until light, add one cupful Of flour
sifted with one teaspoonful of baking
powder, and one of ground cinnamon.
Beat a minute, and fill into twelve
muffin pans. Put a pecan. meat on
top of each. and bake fifteen minutes
in a slow oven.
Popovers-Grease the muffin pans
and put them in the oven to heat,
Beat quickly two eggs. add a cupful
of milk. and pour this slowly. stirring
all the while, into one cupful of flour
Strain thru a sieve, fill into the twelve
hot muffin pans, and bake in a mod
crate oven half hour or until light in
weight.
The Table.
Orange Cake-One-quarter cup but
ter. one cup sugar, two eggs, well
beaten. one-half cup milk, one and
two-thirds cups flour. one and one
halI IeVel teaspoons DdklnE power
Cream the butter, add gradually the
sugar, then the eggs, milk. and the
flour and baking powder sifted to-
gether thoroly. Bake in layers. Spread
orange filling between the layers, and
orange frosting on top.
Potato Wash. pare and
CRATE four potatoes Add one tea
spoon salt. one grated onion, three
tablespoons sifted flour and a dash
of pepper. Add one well-beaten egg
mix .,ell and drop by tablespoons into
hot fat; fry until brown on both sides
These are delicious with apple sauce
EEcalieped Beefsteak-Slice layer
of raw potato into baking dish, sea.
son with salt. pepper and butter. Pu,
in layer of chopped beefsteak, season
thei- repeat with potatoes on top Fill
with milk sufficient to cover top layer
Bake about one and one-half hours
Marshmallow Drop Cakes-Separ.
ate three eggs. Beat two tablespoon.
fuls OF butter to a cream, add the
yolk of the eggs and gradually the
sugar. When light, add two and q
half cupful of flour. sifted with two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder, al.
ternately with one cupfui of luke
| warm water. Beat vigorously. Stir in
carefully the well-beaten whites of ths
eggs and a teaspoonful Of vanilla
Fill into twelve muffin pans. and bake
| in a slow oven twenty minutes wher
cold, frost the top with melted marsh
mallows. dust thickly with powdered
sugar. and dry near the oven door.