Evening star., 1944-03-10

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| PARTY LOAF NUT BREADS.
(Thanks to Mrs. E. V. j.,
Washington
Apricot Nut Bread when you car
get apricots): u cup dried apricots
/ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons melted
shortening, egg, cups sifted -four
teaspoons baking powder, Il tea.
spoon soda, "a teaspoon salt, u cur
strained orange juice, u cup water
cup chopped nuts.
Soak apricots " hour. Drain anc
grind. Beat egg until light. Stil
in sugar and mix well. Add melted
shortening. Sift together -four
baking powder and soda and salt
Add alternately with orange juice
and water to sugar mixture. ADD
nuts and apricots and mix well
Pour batter into creased loaf pan
8X4x3 and bake / hour at $50 de-
grees. Milk can be used in place
of orange juice and water.
Orange Nut Bread: "a cup sugar
l egg, 3 tablespoons shortening, Z
cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking pow
der, "a teaspoon salt, cup milk, u
cup candied orange peel, "a cup nuts
Put together like above recipe ano
bake the same. In the fall when
dried fruit peels come in the stores
for fruit cake I buy quite a bit extra
to keep on hand for this nut bread
When I can't get the candied peel ]
make orange marmalade nut bread
Orange Marmalade Nut Bread
3 cups sifted flour, teaspoons
baking powder, teaspoon salt, u
cup shortening melted, egg well.
beaten, / cup milk, u cup orange
marmalade, l cup chopped nuts.
Sift together flour, baking powder
salt and sugar. Add orange rinc
grated. Add egg and milk mixec
together, then the shortening. Lastly
marmalade and nuts. Pour inte
creased loaf pan 10x5x3h and lei
stand 20 minutes. Bake at $50 de.
grees about an hour or until done
An electric roaster Is the best evel
for loaf breads and loaf cakes.
(Thanks to Mrs. L. S., Washington y
In answer to Mrs. S. B. HIS re-
quest for nut bread recipes: I have
two of the party loaf" type and
am very glad to pass them on.
Nut Bread: 2h cups flour, tea
spoon salt, l egg, beaten; l Guy
chopped nut meats, teaspoons
baking powder, scant cup sugar
l cup milk, cup raisins.
Put in loaf pan and let stand fol
20 minutes. Then bake from Il
minutes to hour in moderate oven
Grape Nut Bread: u cup grape
nuts, cup sour milk, l egg, 11s cur
sugar, 2 cups flour, u teaspoon soda
2 heaping teaspoons baking powder
pinch of salt, 21a teaspoons gratee
orange rind.
Bake about hour at 1926 degrees
= X
LEMON PIES; SAND TARTS.
(Thanks to Mrs. r. E. NJ,
Washington
For H. S. Hyattsville: cups water
,3 tablespoons cornStarch, l cul
sugar, pinch of salt. Boil in double
boiler until thick, stir in beaten egs
yolks, 3 lemons (juice), rind of
lemon, l tablespoon butter. Cool
fill in baked crust.
Meringue for Lemon Pie: Beat
egg whites, add tablespoons suga
gradually. Pile on custard and bakt
in moderate oven for Is minutes o.
until meringue is brown.
Golden Mist Pie: 6 eggs separated
cup sugar, 3 tablespoons lemor
juice. Beat egg yolks until thick
Add sugar gradually, continue beat.
ing, add lemon juice. Cook il
double boiler for Is minutes. Place
top Of boiler over cold water. Bea
egg whites until stiff but not dry
Fold custard in egg whites. Turr
into baked shell. Put in oven 50(
degrees from to minutes o.
until slightly brown. Delicious.
Sand Tarts: pound flour, pouno
sugar, 2s pound butter, 3 eggs. Mil
all ingredients thoroughly, place il
refrigerator overnight. Next day
take part of dough, roll very thin
using granulated sugar on board in.
stead of flour. Cut with small cookie
cutter, place on tins and brush eacl
tart with beaten egg yolk mixed witt
little sweet cream. A bit of gran
ulated sugar sprinkled over egg ant
cream mixture. A pecan nut o.
/ raiSin put in center adds to flavor
Be sure to take small amounts from
ice box at a time. 1t will be eaSie
to handle. Bake in moderate oven
$50 degrees.