Evening star., 1943-12-03

moderate oven IS minutes. or until
heated through. Top each with a
marshmallow df you can get it,
Return to oven until marshmallow
is slightly brown. Serve at once.
REMEDY FOR BOILED ICING.
Thanks to Mrs. C. E. w., Bethesda.
Here is a remedy for boiled icing
or seven-minute icing which is
sticky and later sugars. I find If
heat the icing until the gloss just
disappears (and sometimes it's a
long time) the icing will be creamy
underneath that nice little thin
top crust. Or If this fails, put the
cake with icing on into the warm
oven for few seconds and watch
very carefully if oven is hot at all.
Will some one tell me please what
causes a sponge cake to drop out of
its tin as soon as it is inverted?
have never creased the angel food
tube pan I use for this, which is
aluminium. I have tried not over
beating it, but that did not help.
really have given up trying sponge
cake, because it spoils it to drop
when hot.
I can hardly wait each night to
enjoy the Clearing House.
Editors note: We ,Dish to
thank Mrs. w. for her patty cases
recipe, Which is similar to ones
already printedJ
SEVERAL REQUESTS AND
QUERIES ANSWERED.
(Thdnks to Mrs. r. v. c.,
SilDer Spring.
I enjoy the Clearing House 50
much. Now to repay some OF the
excellent suggestions I have re-
ceived!
Mrs. F. H., Takoma Park: Try
soaking new garments in cold water
to cover, with vinegar added in the
proportion Of one cup to a gallon
of water. Soak each garment sepa-
rately in fresh solution. Time
approximately 80 minutes. I do not
know whether this will work on
clothes already washed, but it will
not harm them, so you could try
After soaking, wash as usual.
II floors are darkened by varnish
or shellac, make medium solution
of lye in cold water and scrub with
a brush, rinse we'll with clear, cold
water, and wipe as dry as possible
Do small part at time, and be
very careful of. your skin while
working with the lye. Even drops
spattered will burn. Let floor dry
thoroughly, then shellac or var
nish.
To Mrs. M. F. E., Washington
All my recipes for molasses cookies
call for some soda because of the
molasses, but here are some without
sour milk:
No. 1-Three-fourths cup shorten
ing, l cup sugar, 2 beaten eggs,
cup molasses, cups flour, l tea
spoon salt, teaspoon soda, 2 tea
spoons cinnamon, l teaspoon ginger
"a cup cold, strong coffee.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
eggs and molasses. Beat well. Add
sifted dry ingredients, alternately
with coffee. Drop from teaspoon on
creased cookie sheet, bake at $50
degrees for is minutes. Yield, seven
dozens.
No. 2-One beaten egg, u cup
sugar, Y cup molasses, u cup melted
shortening, u cup boiling water,
cup flour, Il teaspoon salt, u tea
spoon soda, u teaspoon ginger, u
teaspoon nutmeg, u teaspoon Gin
namon.
Combine egg, sugar, molasses. beat
well. Add shortening, continue
beating. Add all dry ingredients
sifted together. Lastly, add water
Fill creased muffin pans "a full
bake at $50 degrees for about 3(
minutes. Yield, one dozen.
Rancid Butter: Fill large mixine
bowl half full of cold water. Dis.
solve about teaspoon soda. Put
your batter in and begin working il
with your hands, not a fork, anc
work and knead it thoroughly
Taste occasionally. When rancie