The Washington times., 1936-12-01

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dishes you can become expert il
as one of the dishes that many
ing well.
Here is the advice given by
one good cook who turns them
out quickly and with never a fail
ure:
Find a good recipe and follow
it exactly.
Blend shortening with the dry
ingredients thoroughly but not to
the pasty stage. The mixture looks
like coarse cornmeal when it is
just right.
Add only enough liquid to form
ball of dough and mix until
the dough follows the mixing fork
around the sides of the bowl.
Turn onto a lightly Toured
board and knead lightly for one
minute. The timing of this knead-
ing is very important. Reputa-
lions are made or lost at this
point.
Bake in a quick oven with even
heat so that the biscuits are done
and nicely Drowned bottom and
top. This will take about twelve
minutes.
After you have learned the Sc
cret of biscuit preparation, you
may wish for other worlds to con-
quer. Here are recipes for delic-
ious mullins and for orange nut
bread.
PINEAPPLE MUFFINS
"a cup butter, or other shortening
/ egg, we'll beaten
1l/3 cups sweetened condensed
milk
21a cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
! teaspoon salt
/ cup drained, crushed pineapple
Cream butter and blend with
wellbeaten egg and sweetened
condensed milk. Sift flour once,
measure, add baking powder and
salt, and sift again. Blend with
first mixture. Add draine d ,
crushed pineapple. Bake in we'll
buttered muffin tins in moderate
oven $3.50 degrees F. 20 to 80 min
utes. Makes 80 small or Is large
mullins.
MINCE MEAT MUFFINS
/ (9-oz0 package dry mince meat
heated with u cup water
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar
l egg
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
70 teaspoon salt
"a cup milk
Cream tablespoons butter
and 2 tablespoons sugar. Add
beaten egg and blend thoroughly,
Mix and sift 2 cups flour, tea
spoons baking powder and y tea
spoon salt. Add dry ingredients
alternately with "a cup milk to
butter mixture. Fold in prepared
mince meat. Bake in buttered
muffin tins about IS minutes in
hot oven. (400 degrees F.-450 de-
greeS F.
BANANA SPICE MUFFINS
~ cups of bread flour
wa teaspoons of baking powder
"a teaspoon of salt
70 teaspoon of nutmeg
70 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 tablespoons Of brown sugar
l egg
"a cup of bananas put through
the ricer
tablespoons of butter
"a cup of milk
u cup Of seedless raisins
Sift the dry ingredients. Ado
the brown sugar. Beat the egg anc
add to the banana pulp. Melt the
butter. Add to milk. Add to thu
dry ingredients and mix quickly
only to blend.
Pour into creased muffin tim
and bake for 20 to Is minutes
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ORANGE NUT BREAD
2 tablespoons of butter
l cup of white sugar
l egg
2 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
y teaspoon of soda
u teaspoon of salt
u cup Of chopped dates
1-3 cup of orange juice
u teaspoon of lemon extract
u cup of chopped nuts
% cup of boiling water.
Cream the butter. Add sugar
slowly and beat until fluffy. Ado
the beaten egg. Mix and sift dry
ingredients and add alternately
n with water. Add the dates, orange
and grated orange rind, and the
nuts. Pour into a creased loa,
pan and place in oven set at 37E
n degrees. Bake about so minutes
CHEFS NUT BREAD
3 cups sifted flour
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