Evening star., 1947-06-11
CHESS PIE; OTHER RECIPES.
FLUFFY CUP CAKES.

CHESS PIE; OTHER RECIPES.
FLUFFY CUP CAKES.
From Mrs. A. L. NJ, BethesddJ
After reading the various recipes
for chess pie published in RICH, I
find that mine is less expensive and
I know it is delicious. 1t was given
me by an old Negro chef in Georgia
and I'm sure, were he still living,
he'd be delighted to donate it to
the RICH.
Cream together u pound of butter
and 11a cups of sugar. Add 8 beaten
egg yolks, teaspoon almond flavor
ing and l teaspoon vanilla. Fold in
3 egg whites, beaten stiff, with a
pinch of salt. Place in uncooked
pie shells and bake in a moderate
oven (375 degrees) until silver knife,
when stuck in it, comes out clean.
The whites seem to rise to the top
and make a kind of meringue.
Fluffy Cup Cakes: For Mrs. R. l..
c., Falls Church. These little cakes
are very easy to make and I bake
them in little aluminium shell pans
that shape them just like the short
cakes you buy. Cream "a cup Of
shortening with ! cup sugar. Add
/ beaten egg and beat smooth. Add
! cup milk and l teaspoon vanilla
and 2 cups flour sifted with 8 tea
spoons baking powder and Il tea
spoon salt. Beat only until smooth.
Fill creased muffin pan "a full of
batter and bake in moderate oven
(375 degrees F. for 20 minutes.
Strawberry Ice: Also for Mrs. r,
L. c., Falls Church. This is a de-
licious recipe, one of many given
me at shower when I married and
I've never seen it in any cook book.
One box of strawberries, washed
and stemmed, and mashed through
cheese cloth (use all of the berries
both IN and OUT of the cheese
cloth. Add to this pulp sirup
made of / cup sugar and l cup water
and freeze.
Meringues: This is another do
nation from the shower. Six egg
whites, beaten dry. Add gradually,
beating all the time, 2 cups sugar.
Add tablespoon vinegar and last
ly teaspoon vanilla and pinch
of salt. Beat until all the sugar
has dissolved. Place on slightly
creased cookie sheets (drop by tea
spoon and mould each spoonful into
cups by quickly and gently with
spoon and finger pushing mixture
from center to sides, making peaked
rims and leaving thin layer for bot
toms. (These will spread and rise
while cooking, SO don't place to-
getherD Bake in $50 degree oven
about As or SO minutes. Remove from
cookie sheets, while hot, with a
spatula. Good luck (This can be
made into large meringues. but they
are difficult to handle) Makes
about Is or "a meringues.
Grape Tartlets: For Mrs. V. E. c.,
Washington. I can find no grape
pie recipes in my many books but
found this Maybe it will help
Cover inverted oval patty pans with
puff or flaky pie paste. The paste
tor pastry should be pricked thor
oughly so that it will keep its shape.
Bake delicate brown in hot oven
t400-450 degrees). remove from pans,
dry the inside and fill with the fol-
lowing grape mixture:
Make a sirup by boiling together
cup sugar, y cup water and
II cup white grape juice. Moisten
teaspoon cornstarch to smooth
paste with a little cold water and
stir into the sirup as thickening.
Remove seeds from cup grapes and
add grapes to the sirup. Simmer
until grapes are soft and sirup is
thick. At serving time, fill the shells
and top with whipped cream and a
single uncooked grape laid open
in halves. This recipe makes from
6 to tartlets.
All the above are contributed with
best wishes to the RICH which is
doing grand job of Service with
a Smile" Long may it live.
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RUSTY CURTAIN STRETCHER?
From F. F. H., Alexandria,
Could any one advise If anything
can be done to curtain stretcher,
which, after a few years use, now
leaves rust stains on curtain edges?
When bought, it was guaranteed
ruStproof.
4 X
YOUTH BED.
from Mrs. NJ. w. p, Mt. Rainier
Mrs. B. C. S., Riverdale: We had
the same trouble. so tried bed
board. It worked fine. Haven't
solved the problem of sheets and
blankets.
ELECTRIC MIXER.
From Mrs. w. L. r., Arlington.)