Evening star., 1947-07-07


vent Jumps and scorching.
Question: Is making slipcovers
at home worth the effort? Is the
finished product something you can
be proud Of?
From Mrs. c. K. r., Washington.
Do have a radio program that will
teach us something about our Gov
ernment. our people and our coun-
try. Around 1870 is a wonderful
time.
RECIPES OFFERED.
(From Mrs. A. r. L., jr,
Washington.)
For Mrs. r. H. S., Lanham Park
Here are two recipes for peanut
butter fudge. perhaps one is the
same as yours that was lost.
Peanut Butter Fudge: One cup
sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, l tea
spoon vanilla, Il pound peanut but
ter, cup brown sugar, u cup evap-
grated milk, / cup marshmallows,
few grains salt. Cook sugar. butter
milk and salt to soft ball stage 1884
to 238 degrees). Add marshmallows
and peanut butter just before re-
moving from fire. Do not stir. Cool
to room temperature. Add vanilla.
Beat until mixture is creamy, thick
and will hold its shape when
dropped from a teaspoon. Pour into
well-buttered shallow pan. Cut in
squares.
Honey Peanut Butter Fudge: Four
cups sugar, 2 egg whites, cup
chopped nuts, 1 cup water, l cup
honey, n cup peanut butter. tea
spoon vanilla. Boil cup sugar and
a cup water to soft ball stage (234
to 238 degrees. Pour slowly over
stif1y beaten egg whites, beating
constantly until stiff. Boil together
cups sugar, honey, peanut butter
and u cup water to soft ball stage.
Slowly add to first mixture. Beat
constantly until the mixture will
hold its shape when dropped from a
teaspoon. Add nuts and favoring.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed
paper
For Mrs. A. D.. Washington. Here
Is a good baking powder biscuit
recipe. It is from the Better Homes
and Gardens cook book. I've never
had failure with 1t.
Baking Powder Biscuits: Two cups
-four, n teaspoon salt, teaspoons
baking powder, 3 or tablespoons
shortening, "a cup milk. Sift -four
with salt and baking powder; cut
in shortening until mixture resem-
bles coarse crumbs. Add milk all at
once. Mix just until dough follows
fork around bowl. Turn out on
lightly Toured surface. Knead
gently u minute. Roll A-inch thick
and cut with biscuit cutter. Bake
on ungreased baking sheet at $50
degrees for IL to is minutes. Makes
16 medium sized biscuits.
The other day when in q dime
store I overheard q woman ask a
sales girl what q certain utensil was.
1t was q pastry blender, a series OF
U-shaped wires fastened to handle.
I was surprised to learn that not
all housekeepers Use them. I sus-
pect that may be part of the reason
for difficulties with pie crusts and
biscuits, etc. I always use one to
mix pie dough and baking powder
biscuit dough. 1t is so quick and
thorough and the results are always
perfect. I'D never made either pie
dough or biscuits until after was
married, but all recipes I've tried
seem to work satisfactorily when I've
used pastry blender).
For Mrs. A. E., Washington:
Yeast Chocolate Cake: Three cups
sifted flour, "a teaspoon salt, l tea
spoon baking soda, cup shortening,
cups sugar, eggs, l cake yeast,
"a cup lukewarm water, cup milk,
ounces chocolate, melted, "a cup
chopped nut meats. Sift flour, salt
and soda together Cream shorten
ing with sugar until fluffy. Add un-
beaten eggs. one at a time, beating
well after each is added. Soften
yeast in water. then beat into first
mixture. Add milk, melted choco-
late, sifted dry ingredients and
chopped nuts. Beat minutes. Pour
into creased pans, cover with waxed
paper and chill for 6 hours or over
night. Remove from refrigerator
and bake at once in moderate oven
$50 degrees for As minutes. Makes
two 9-inch layers.
Cheese Pie: Eight ounces cottage
cheese, u cup warm milk, u cup
sugar (very scant), 21z tablespoons
flour, / ounce melted butter, 4 egg
yoiks. Mix above together and let
cool. Four stifly beaten egg whites,
tablespoon sugar, "a teaspoon
cream of tartar, l teaspoon vanilla,
Add sugar to stiffly beaten egg
whites, then add cream of tartar
Beat all until fluffy. Add vanilla
Combine parts and II, put in un-
cooked pie shell, bake in slow oven
Makes l pie.
Refrigerator Cheese Chips: One
and half cups flour, II teaspoon
paprika, few grains cayenne pepper
| n cup shortening, y cup grated
American cheese, cold water, milk
Combine flour, salt, red pepper and
paprika. Cut in shortening with
pastry blender. Add cheese. Add
enough water to hold ingredients to-
gether. Form into a roll III inches
in diameter, wrap in waxed paper
and chill overnight or long enough
to set. Slice thin and place on
creased baking sheet. Brush tops
with milk, bake in hot oven 400
degrees for 10 minutes. Serve hot
with salad. Can be kept in re-
frigerator and baked as needed.
Makes So
We have been In Washington less
than a year and this is my fourth
letter to RICH. I always read 1t
first, even If 7 neglect the news,
the radio newscasters read that to
me anyway and there isn't any sub
stitute for RCH. My husband sug-
gested taking different paper once,
for some columnist he liked, but it
doesn't have RICH and, as one mag
azine frequently states, Never un-
derestimate the power OF woman" !"
we take The Star
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