The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-06
THE HOMEMAKERS CORNER
Dates for Special Occasions
BY MISS ELSIE BENTHIEN
Home Demonstration Agent

Dates for Special Occasions
In homes where the quota of milk
is consumed each day, where fruits,
green vegetables, whole-grain cereals,
and dark bread are eaten faithfully,
even the most vigilant homemaker
can relax occasionally and serve a
dish to the healthy adult members of
her family just because it is we'll
liked or because it fits into the tradi-
lions of holiday celebration or hospi-
tality.'
Date and Nut Bars
Three fourth cup flour, u teaspoon
baking powder, Y teaspoon salt, 1
cup brown sugar, 1a C. chopped nut
meats, l cup ~ pkg sliced dates,
2 eggs.
Mix and sift the baking powder,
salt and flour. Mix the dates and nuts
through the flour with the finger tips.
Beat the egg until light; beat in the
sugar gradually Stir in the dry in
gradients, nuts and dates. Spread the
mixture evenly over shallow pan,
which has been lined with paper or
well creased and busted with flour.
Bake in a moderate oven for thirty
minutes or until the surface will
spring back when pressed lightly with
the forefnger. Cut into strips four
inches long by one inch wide. The
strips may be rolled in confectioners
sugar This receipt will make IS bars.
Date Apple Sauce Cake
Two cups -four, l teaspoon soda, ]
t. cinnamon, 4 teaspoon cloves, y
teaspoon salt, 1 cup (12pkg) sliced
dates, p cup butter, l cup sugar l
egg, 1 cup hot, thick, strained apple
sauce.
Sift flour, soda, spices and salt to-
gether. Mix the dates through the
dry ingredients with the finger tips.
Cream the butter: stir in the sugar
gradually. Add the beaten egg, then
the apple sauce and the dry ingred-
tents alternately. Beat thoroughly.
Pour the batter into cake pan which
has been lined with oiled paper or
we'll creased and busted with flour.
Bake in a moderate oven for about
40 minutes.
Date Waldorf Salad
Two large apples, Y cup nut meats,
" cup celery, diced; lettuce, II quar-
tered dates, "a pkg 2 tablespoons
French fruit dressing, mayonnaise or
cooked dressing.
If the apples have a tender, red
skin, this should not be removed.
Otherwise, peel the apples, cut into
quarters, remove the cores, then cut
the fruit into one-haf inch dice.
Cover with French fruit dressing to
prevent discoloration. Add the brok-
en- nut meats, the diced celery, and
the quartered dates, using additional
dressing if necessary to moisten. Pile
in mounds on cup-shaped lettuce
leaves and garnish with mayonnaise
or any favorite dressing.
Spice Cup Cakes
One-third cup shortening, 1 cup
brown sugar, eggs, IL cups cake
or pastry -four, p teaspoon cinnamon,
n teaspoon cloves, u teaspoon soda,
" cup sour milk p cup mincemeat,
Il cup walnuts or pecans.
Cream shortening, add sugar grad
ually, and the we'll beaten eggs. Sift
dry ingredients and add alternately
with the milk. Then add the mince-
meat and nuts Toured. Pour into
creased cup cake pans and bake in a
moderately hot oven rs minutes.
Half Moon Cookies
Three cups flour, 3 teaspoons bak-
ing powder, y teaspoon salt, cup
butter, l egg, l teaspoon vanilla, hs
cup milk, 1 cup brown sugar.
Filling: 1 pkg. sliced dates, Il cup
chopped nut meats, l cup sugar, 2
tablespoons flour, cup boiling water,
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Sift the flour, baking powder and
salt together. Cream the butter, add
sugar slowly then the beaten egg and
vanilla. Add dry ingredients alter
nately with the milk. Chill for at
least one hour.
To make the filling, mix the flour
with the sugar, and stir the mixture
into the boiling water. Stir constant
ly until thick. Add the chopped dates,
nuts and lemon juice. Cool.
Roll the chilled dough to about rs
inch in thickness. Cut cookies with
a three inch cutter. Place a spoonful
of the filling on one half of the cookie
and with broad bladed knife fold the
other half of the cookie over to form
a semi-circle. Press the edges to-
gether. Bake on an inverted pan in a
fairly hot oven for about 10 minutes.
Cranberry and Banana Salad
On chilled salad plate, arrange
crisp leaves of lettuce. In the center
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