The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-12
VARIOUS DISHES
CAN BE BASED
UPON PEACHES
Pies TO Soup Is Scope of
What Is Possible
With Fruit.

have you ever considered as
housewife how prolific are peaches
in making dainty dishes?
You can make pies with them,
buildings. fruit combinations, ice
cream, pickles, candy cakes and
cake filings, salads and even soup.
Tested recipes for many Of the
uses mentioned are as follows:
Peach Pie With Whole Wheat Crust
Drain the sliced peaches from a
No 81 can, and lay them evenly in
a pie tin lined with whole wheat
pastry Mix z cup sugar with four
tablespoons white flour, and sprinkle
over. Dot with two tablespoons but
ter. and pour over 2-3 cup Of the
peach syrup.
Cover with upper crust, and bake
in a hot oven-425 to $50 degrees
for thirty minutes. This cuts into
six or eight pieces.
Other Suggestions
Peach Oatmeal Pudding-Drain
the peach halves from a No 2 can
and arrange them in the bottom
Of a buttered round or square
cake tin. Sprinkle over four
tablespoons brown sugar and some
cinnamon.
Cream 4 tablespoons butter, add
X cup brown sugar, cream again,
and add l well beaten egg. Add
Z cup milk alternately with Z cup
flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder,
and Il teaspoon salt, sifted together
and added to z cup quick cooking
oatmeal.
Add Il teaspoon vanilla. Pour
this batter over the peaches and
bake in a moderate oven, 375 de-
grees, for about 80 minutes. Serve
hot or cold with thin cream. Deli
cious! Serves eight.
Fruit Dish and Ice Cream
Peach Celestial-Scald four cups
milk, reserving one-haIf cup to mix
with eight tablespoons cornstarch,
one-half cup sugar and one-fourth
teaspoon salt. Add and stir until
thick and creamy. Cover and cook
twenty minutes.
Add one teaspoon lemon flavOring
and one teaspoon orange flavOring,
and pour out onto a fiat serving
dish, cover top with canned peach
halves, and chill.
Sprinkle with moist canned coca
nut over entire top. In serving take
up peach with each serving.
Serves eight.
Peach and MaCarOOn Ice Cream
Press peaches from a No. l can
through a sieve, add two thirds cup
sugar and three cups thin cream,
and freeze to a mush
Pickles and Candy
Add two-thirds cup macaroon
crumbs and continue freezing.
Serve flanked by two small
meringue glaces. Serves eight to
ten.
Peach and Pineapple Conserve
Mix together the contents of a
No. 2 can of peaches, a No. 2 can
Of crushed pineapple, one cup seed
less raisins. one and one-half cups
brown sugar, and the juice and
grated rind of four lemons. The
peaches should be finely cut.
Cook gently until thick, adding
one cup chopped walnuts ten min
uteS before done. Pour into jelly
glasses or jars. Makes about three
pintS.
Peach Jelly CubeS-Press the con-
tents of an Bounce can of peaches
through a sieve, making a puree.
Add one-half cup pectin syrup, one
half cup sugar, one-half cup corn
syr'p and one tablespoon lemon
juice, and boil till thermometer
registers 222 degrees.
Salad and Soup Recipes
Pour into creased pans so that
mixture is about one-half inch thick,
and let cool. Let stand ornight in
a cold place. Cut in cubes and roll
in powdered sugar. You may also
dip this in chocolate or in melted
fondant if you prefer.
Peach and Cottage Cheese Salad
On a large chop plate or salad
plate range the required number
OF individual lettuce nests. In each
one place well-chilled canned
peach half, cut side up. Pile cottage
cheese lightly in the center of each
peach half, and garnish with pre-