The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-13
Efficient Housekeeping
 By LAURA A. HERMAN.
WHEN MILK OR CREAM soURs.

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 There is no special section in my cook books devoted to recipes that help the housewife use up milk cream that happens to sour," writes give a number of such recipes ?'
 The following are good:
 Sour Milk Corn Bread-1 scant cup cornmea1. 1-2 cup flour. 1 well 1-2 teaspoon soda. 1 tablespoon su- gar, 1 tablespoon melted beef drtp- ping or butter, 1-2 teaspoon salt Dissolve the soda in a little hot wa the dry materials together, add te them the milk, the egg, and the melted shortening and turn into greased muffin rings. Bake about 30 minutes in a good oven. (Sour cream may be used instead of the milk if delred.)
 Eggless Sour Milk Cookies-1-2 cup butter. 1 cup sugar, 1 cup thick sour milk or cream, 3-4 teaspoon soda, Ia teaspoon ground cinnamon, 14 teaspoon ground clove a pinch of salt, and cups flour. Cream butter and sugar. Dissolve the soda in a very little hot water and add it to the milk Mix all together, making a soft dough. f1ourng the board sparing1y as you roll it out. It is best to chill it before rolling out. Roll thin, but with cookie cutter, sprinkle each cookie with granulated sugar mixed with a little more cin- namon. and bake about minutes in a hot oven.
 Emergency Rdscuits-2 cups flour. 1 tablespoon shortening, 1 cup thick sour mile. 1-4 teaspoon salt, and 1-2 teaspoon soda. Sift the four, salt and soda together. Rub the lard into milk and stir lightly. Cit should be a soft dough.) Drop by spoonfuls into greased muffin tins and bake 20 minutes in a hot oven- These are very good.
 Sour Cream Spice Cake-1 cup sour cream. 1 cup sugar. 1 well beaten egg. 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup raisins chopped and foure6, a. pinch of salt, ? cups bread flour, 1-2 tea spoon vanilla, 2 teaspoons grated nutmeg, teaspoons ground cinna- mon, teaspoon alspfce, 1-2 teaspoon ground clove. Dissolve soda in a little hot water and add it to the sour cream. Then mix the cream with sugar, egg. flour sifted with salt and spices, and add the raisins last crate oven; or, if preferred, bake in cup-cake tins in a hot oven for 25 to 30 minutes. CThfs is fine for the double cream. intended for whipping which has gone sour. It is just as good a recipe. however. for ordinary cream)- The cream may be collect ed each day for several days, unti there is a cupful if a. little salt i: added to it.
 Sour Cream Filling for Cake Whipped cream which has gone soul may be used for this purpose. Nib equal quantities of sour cream chopped nuts, and chopped raisins Sweeten to suit taste with powdered sugar and flavor with lemon juice ol a droD CT two of lemen extract. Par ticularly good with darz-chocolate layer cake.
 Sour Milk Graham Bread-Sift to- . gether 1 cup Graham flour and cup wheat flour: add IA teaspoon salt and 1-2 teaspoon baking powder soda in a little hot water and add f to 1 cup. of thick sour milk, then mi1 this milk with 1-2 cup Of mo1asses Combine wet and dry ingredients ant turn into a greased bread pan (thii makes 1oaf). Bake 1 1-2 hours il a moderate oven.
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