Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-29
Pumpkin Possibilities

i Not every housewife realizes the
Possibilities of pumpkin, yet there
Iare any number of desserts besides
bic that may be concocted from it,
and delicious ones, too. Here are
u few ideas that are we'll suited to
1.-The November menu:
l Pumpkin Bread Pudding.
| Two cupfuls of stale bread
3crumbs, three cupfuls of milk, one
iquarter cupful of sugar. three-quar-
tiers cupful of pumpkin, one-half
fteaspoonful of cinnamon, one-quar-
Tier teaspoonful of ginger, one-quar-
tier teasponful of salt, one teaspoon
sful of grated lemon rind, two
leggs.
I Cook the crumbs. milk. sugar and
Pumpkin for half an hour. Cool
Islightly; add the spices, salt, lemon
Irind and beaten eggs. Pour into a
lRreased baking dish and bake in a
moderate oven for as minutes. Serve
5hot with hard sauce.
Pumpkin and Prune Roll.
Two cupfus Of -four, one
aquarter cupful of sugar, four tea
5spoonfuls OF baking powder, one
Shalf teaspoonful of salt, two table
3spoonfuls of fat. quarter cupful
3of milk, ope-half cupful of pumpkin,
l0ue-quarter cupful Of sugar, one
juuarter teaspoonful of cinnamon,
5nnc-quarter teaspoonful of nutmeg,
aonc cupful of stewed and sweetened
}prures.
Mix and sift the flour, sugar. bak-
ling powder and salt. Rub in the
fiat with the tips of the fingers and
! add milk until the dough is of con-
|sistency to roll out. Roll into an
Ioblong sheet half an inch thick.
Mix the pumpkin, sugar, spices
| and the prunes, which have been
|stoned and cut into pieces. Spread
1.-THE dough with the mixture and roll
llige jelly roll, being careful to roll
Tag tightly as possible, moistening
the outside edge to make it hold in
|shape.
Pour the liqui,' from the prunes
into a creased baking pan and bring
10 the boiling point. Put in the roll
and bake in moderate oven for As
minutes, basting it twice with the
liquid in the pan. Serve, cut into
|slices, with whipped cream.
Indian Pumpkin Pudding.
One-quarter cupful cornmeal, two
|cupfuls of milk, one cupful OF pump
kin, one-half teaspoonful OF CHINA.
mon, one-quarter teaspoonful OF
salt, one-half teaspoonful of ginger,
cne-quarter teaspoonfui of allspice,
one quarter cupful of molasses, one
|cupful of seedless raisins.
N Cook the cornmeal and milk to-
neither in a double boiler for 70
minutes. Add all the other in
|preditnts except the raisins. Pour
into creased baking dish and bake
|alowly for half an hour; add the
|raisins, stir until thoroughly mixed
and bake for half an hour longer, or
|until the pudding is firm. Serve hot
or cold with cream.
Pumpkin Pudding.
Three Quarters cupful of pumpkin,
Eone-half cupful of sugar, one-quar-
|spoonful of nutmeg, one-half tea
Spoonful Of SALT one quarter tea
Spoonful Of nutmeg, onehalf tea
spoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful
sof cinnamon, one cupful of milk, two
egg yolks, two egg whites. Mix the
pumpkin with all the other ingred-
Tents except the egg whites. Pour
into creased baking dish and bake
IN slow oven. until firm. Beat the
egg whites until stiff; add two table,
spoonfuls of powdered sugar and
Spread on top of the pudding.
Brown quickly in a hot oven and
serve hot or cold
Pumpkin Tapioca.
One cupful of pumpkin, one-halt
Ecupfui OF tapioca. two cupfuls OF
milk, one-half cupful of sugar, one
Steaspoonful Of cinnamon, one quar-
fter tcaspoonul of salt, one-halt tea
spoonful of ginger. Cook the pump
Rim. tapoca and milk in double
&boiIcr until the tapioca is tender and
Transparent. Add the sugar, salt
sand spices, and cook for five Min
sutcs. Pour into serving dish and
Chill. Setve with cream.
Steamed Pumpkin Custard.
One cupful of pumpkin, one and
nne-haif cupfuls of milk, one tea
spoonful of cinnamon, one-quarter
|teaspoorful of salt. one-quarter tea
spoonful of nutmeg, one-quarter tea
spoonful of allspice, three-quarters
cupful of sugar, three eggs, Heat the
pumpkin. milk and spices in double
boiler. Add the sugar to the beaten
egg. and add to the heated mixture.
Pour into creased custard cups. set
( in pan of water and bake in slow
oven until firm.
Boiled Cider.
[: The boiled cider that one buys
has been boiled down from six gal
Ions to one. Add one part water to