The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-14
PEACHES FILL
VARIOUS ROLES
SUCCESSFULLY
Puddinqs, ShortcakeS and
Pies Make Use OF
Fruit.

Don't eat all your canned peaches.
possibly with a dash OF cream. as
fast as you can get them out Of the
can.
There arc lots OF other ways 70
eat them. many Of which are even
more delicious than the peaches all
BY themselves. In cocktails. for in
stance, in short cakes. IN pies and
puddings and a dozen other desserts.
To treat peaches right give them
q chance TO show how good they
taste IN some OF these combinations.
And. Just IN case you haven't your
Own list OF peach recipes. here are
some Of the ways 20 serve them.
Peach and Melon Cocktail
Cut canned peach halves in even
cubes and a melon in balls. Ar
range equal quantities OF each in
cocktail glasses.
over each serving sprinkle sugar,
one tablespoon peach syrup from
the can and one teaspoon lemon
juice. Just before serving, I'll up
glasses with ginger ale.
Peaches in Puddings
Drain the sliced peaches from a
No. IA can. and spread half Of
them in the bottom Of a we'll
gre ased baking dish.
Sprinkle half a cup Of brown
sugar over them, and then spread
on the remaining peaches. Cream
together one-half cup butter, three
fourths cup -four and one cup brown
sugar, and spread over the top.
Bake forty-five minutes in a mod
crate oven-375 degrees. Serve
warm with whipped cream sweet
ened with four tablespoons confec-
toners sugar. Serves six.
Cottage Pudding
Cream one-half cup butter and
one cup sugar. and add one we'll
beaten egg. Add one cup milk alter
nately with two cups -four. four
teaspoons baking powder, and one
fourth teaspoon salt, sifted together.
Add one-half teaspoon lemon flavor,
and bake in a flat tin in a mod
crate oven-375 degees-for TWEEN
ty-fve minutes. Serve with canned
sliced peaches. the juice of which
has been slightly thickened with
one teaspoon cornstarch. Serves
twelve.
Peaches in Plea
Sift six cups flour. one and one
third cups sugar and One-half tea
spoon salt together. Rub or cut in
two cups shortening.
Add four beaten eggs and then
four tablespoons cold milk. If the
eggs are large and make the mix
ture too soft. omit some or all of
the milk. Chill the pastry. Roll out
like ordinary pie crust, and I'LL pie
tins. This ought to make four
pastry shells.
Bake in a hot oven. 500 degrees,
ten minutes. Fill, when ready 10
use with the well-drained sliced
peaches from four No. 2iz cans.
Sprinkle grated nutmeg over the
ton. and cover with a quart OF
sweetened heavy whipped cream.
The four pies should serve twenty
four persons.
If YOU want only one pie, the in
gradients should be IL cups Of folur,
Is cup OF sugar, X teaspoon salt,
y cup shortening. l egg, l table
spoon cold milk. 1 No. 2iz can Of
sliced peaches. grated nutmeg and
! cup Of heavy cream.
Peach Shortcake
sift together l cup flour. ? tea
spoons baking powder, ! tablespoon
sugar and = teaspoon of salt. Cut
in two and a half tablespoons OF
shortening. Add three eighths cup
diluted evapOrated milk, pat or roll
out and cut in eighth rounds.
Put two rounds together with
melted butter between. Bake about
twelve minutes in a hot oven, $50
degrees.
Split open and put between and
on top the contents OF a one-pound
can sliced peaches which have been
gently stewed with two tablespoons
OF sugar and one-fourth teaspoon
cinnamon for a few minutes. and
then cooled to lukewarm. Top with
one-third cup Of whipped cream.
Serves four.
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