The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19

day one of the most charming
favors I know Of is made from
big red apples. These apples are
transformed into fat jolly SantaS,
fur trimmed, with whiskerS and
everything.
To make them you need
raisins, red crepe paper, scissors,
glue, marshmallows, red coloring
and cotton, that can be purchased
for few cents.
The marShmallow Is firmly i'm
planted on a toothpick sunk in
the stem end Of the apple. This
is the head. Rosy cheeks are
painted on with red vegetable col
oring. Raisin eyes and smiling
mouth of red crepe paper COM
plete his makeup except for a
long white beard made from cot
ton with a tight twisted point.
Strips of cotton cut three-quarters
inch wide are pasted around the
middle for fur on the edge of
his red coat.
Another strip Of cotton is pasted
from his chin to this strip OF
"fur" and raisin buttons pasted
on. A similar band Of cotton
forms q ruff" around his neck.
Very Gay
For his cap, cut a triangular
strip of red crepe paper four
inches long that nicely fits around
the marShmallow head. A bit OF
cotton at the point should be
slipped in before the edges are
pasted. Your Santa is now COM
plete.
inexpensive but very gay.
The stores now have sweet
chocolate candy in q host OF
shapes. Animals, reindeer. coins
wrapped in gold tin foil. Santas
with bags filled with hard candies
are only a few in the assortment.
Small yarn SantaS for table
favors are also being shown in
several shops that would delight
children.
Just an ordinary dessert would
never do on Christmas day. Stars
or Christmas bells moulded from
red sparkling gelatine are most
easily digeSted. Sugar cookies or
honey cookies decorated as Christ
mas trees, poinSettiaS and the like
with names written across in RED
or green tinted fondant. or
course, a pastry tube is needed
in order to accomplish this little
trick.
Several bakeries here in Wash
ington will fill orders for these.
They usually write only the first
name on these little sugar cakes.
For a more elaborate dessert,
pink snow is suggested.
Pink Snow
/ cup grapejuice
4 tablespoons white karo
/ egg white, beaten stiff
2 teaspoons granulated gelatin
u cup whipped cream.
Pour "a cup cold grapejuice
over gelatin and let stand. Heat
remaining juice with syrup to boil
ing point. Dissolve softened gelatin
in hot liquid. Chill; when thick
but not set. beat with egg beater
until thick and fluffy. Beat in egg
white and continue beating until
mixture is thick. Fold in cream;
mold and chill.
Cookies made without spice are
best for children. Honey cookies
made with nuts are rich but un-
less too many are eaten, will cause
no digestive disturbance.
In this recipe the dough is al
lowed to ripen in the ice-box be-
fore the cookies are baked. The
recipe comes from Kelvin
kitchens.
Honey Refrigerator Cookies
u cup honey
! egg
"A cup brown sugar
u cup shortening
az cups flour
u cup nut meats
/ teaspoonful baking powder
u teaSponful soda
u teaspoon salt.
Cream honey, sugar, shortening,
and eggs together. Add dry in
gradients which have been Sifted
together, then nuts and shape in
loaf and wrap in waxed paper.
Chill one or two days to allow
ripening of dough. Slice off and
bake in hot oven (400 degreeS) 10
to IL minutes.
Vanilla Taffy
2 cups of sugar.
~ cup of light corn syrup.
% cup Of water.
l teaspoon of vanilla.
Put sugar, corn syrup and water
In a saucepan. Do not stir after
it starts to boil. Cook until when
tested in cold water it will form a
hard ball. Remove from fire and
add vanilla. Stir only enough to
mix. Pour on well-greaSed plat
tiers.
When it begins to stiffen use
spatula to life up into round mass.
Pull between thumb and fingers
until light and porous. Cut into
one.inch pieces with scissors. Wrap
in wax paper.