Economical Jelly Roll.
Separate three eggs; to the yolks add half a pound
of powdered sugar; beat fifteen minutes; then add grated
lemon rind; half a pound of sifted flour with a quarter
teaspoonful of baking powder; add it to the mixture
with the whites beaten stiff and half a cup of milk.
Spread, dust with sugar, and bake till done.
Millionaire Cake. Cream
the yolks of three eggs with one-half cup powdered
sugar for ten minutes, add one-half teaspoonful vanilla
and three quarters of a cup of flour sifted with one-fourth
of a teaspoonful of baking powder and the beaten whites
of the three eggs, butter six small layer cake tins
and put in the mixture. Bake in a quick oven
ten minutes.
Filling. Put two tablespoonfuls
of chocolate and three tablespoonfuls sugar with one-half
cup strong coffee and boil for ten minutes, when almost
cold add one-half cup well-washed butter, teaspoon
vanilla in small portions; when thick and creamy spread
between layers and on top and decorate with candied
cherries.
Probasco Cream. Mix
4 ounces flour with 2 ounces butter, 2 ounces ground
almonds, 1 yolk and a little water, 1 tablespoonful
sugar to a firm paste; let rest 1 hour, roll out 1/4
inch thick, lay a small jelly tin over, cut around
it, lay the round piece of paste on a buttered tin,
brush over with egg and bake a fine golden color.
Add to 1/2 pint whipped cream, 1 teaspoonful granulated
gelatine dissolved in 2 tablespoonfuls milk, flavor
with 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla and sweeten with 2 tablespoonfuls
sugar, fill into a round form and set on ice.
Boil 1 pound of chestnuts 20 minutes,
remove the outside shells and the brown skin, place
the nuts in a saucepan, cover with boiling water,
cook till very tender, drain and press through a sieve,
add 2 tablespoonfuls cream, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar,
a pinch of salt, and 1/2 tablespoonful melted butter.
Set on ice. Shortly before serving turn the cream
on the almond cake, put the chestnut puree in a pastry
bag with a small tube in the end, press the puree
in the form of spaghetti around the cream and cover
the cream with a thick layer of pulverized macaroons
with sponge sugar, sprinkle over 1 tablespoonful satin
sugar, ornament with whipped cream and sprinkle with
fine pistachio nuts.
Prune Souffle. Wash
and soak 1 cup of prunes over night, next day drain,
remove pits, and add them to 3 whites of eggs beaten
stiff; add 1 teaspoonful vanilla, put in buttered
and sugared souffle dish, set in shallow pan with
a little water, set in a medium oven to poach till
done, which will take about 40 minutes.
Apricot Whip. Rub half
a cup of apricots after they have been cooked through
a sieve, add half a bottle of cream beaten stiff to
it and two tablespoons powdered sugar and half a teaspoon
vanilla, put in six sherbet glasses and decorate with
lady fingers around the edge.
Coffee Parfait. Put
1/4 cup granulated sugar with one tablespoon cornstarch
and one pint of milk over the fire and boil five minutes,
then add two tablespoons coffee extract and 1/2 teaspoon
vanilla; when cool freeze, put into four parfait glasses
and decorate with whipped cream.
Dorothy Royal. Bake
a cup cake mixture in a sheet pan, when done and cool,
cut into square pieces and pour over a sauce made as
follows: put one cup of sugar with half a cup
of milk, a tablespoon of butter and one square of
chocolate over the fire and cook until thick and creamy,
about ten minutes; pour hot over the cake, add a spoonful
of whipped cream on every piece and sprinkle chopped
walnuts over all.
Peach a la Melba. Put
one tablespoon of vanilla ice cream on a round of
sunshine cake, on it lay half a preserved peach and
pour over two tablespoons melba syrup made as follows:
melt 1/2 cup raspberry syrup to which has been added
one tablespoon fine cut candied cherries and decorate
with whipped cream.
Praline Cream. Put 1/4
cup granulated sugar with one tablespoon cornstarch
and one pint milk over the fire and boil five minutes,
stirring all the time, then add the yolks of two eggs
and one teaspoon vanilla and set aside to cool, in
another saucepan put 1/2 cup granulated sugar with
1/4 cup water over the fire and boil until it turns
a golden brown; pour on a buttered marble and when
cold roll with a rolling pin until fine, sprinkle
into the cooked mixture, add 1/2 pint cream and freeze
in a well-packed freezer.
Prune Whip. Rub 1/2
cup prunes after they have been cooked through a sieve;
add 1/2 bottle whipped cream to it and two tablespoonfuls
powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, serve in six
sherbet glasses with lady fingers around the edge.
War Bread. Two cups
of rye flour, one cup bran, one cup Indian meal, one
teaspoonful salt, one yeast cake and 2 cups of luke
warm water, two tablespoonfuls molasses, one teaspoonful
fat; put flour, bran and meal into a bowl, add the
salt and rub the fat through the flour, then add the
yeast and crumble it fine, then add the warm water
and mix well about 15 minutes, cover and let raise
to double its height, then add some wheat flour slowly
while kneading the dough to a soft firm dough; shape
it into loaves, put into buttered pan, let rise again
till double its size, and bake in a medium hot oven
till done about 3/4 of an hour.
Bran Muffins. Put one
cup of bran and one cup of whole wheat in a bowl,
add one teaspoon salt and one teaspoon fat and rub
it through until fine and then add one egg, two tablespoons
molasses and one cup milk and a heaping teaspoon baking
powder, mix well and put in buttered and floured muffin
tins and bake about fifteen minutes.
Oatmeal Cookies. Cream
two tablespoons butter with 1/2 cup sugar until white
and creamy, add one egg and stir again a few minutes,
then add 1/2 cup oatmeal and 1/2 cup flour, two tablespoons
raisins, one tablespoon molasses and 1/4 cup milk;
drop by teaspoons on well-buttered tins and bake in
a hot oven about ten minutes.
Vienna Pancakes. Put
two ounces flour with three eggs in a bowl, add 1/2
teaspoon salt, one cup milk, one teaspoon sugar and
beat fifteen minutes, heat a large well-cleaned frying
pan, melt 1/2 tablespoon fat or butter, pour in the
mixture, turn the pan from side to side, let the batter
run up the sides of the pan, continue until the batter
has formed a coating on bottom and sides of the pan,
then set in a hot oven and bake until light brown on
top; serve dusted with powdered sugar and the juice
of 1/2 lemon.
Checkerboard Sandwiches.
Take an 8-cent white loaf of bread, and an 8-cent
loaf of brown bread, cut off crusts on all sides of
both loaves; now cut into lengths of 2 inches thick,
butter thickly on all sides, lay a white strip next
a brown strip of bread alternately to form checkers;
then roll in a wet napkin and set aside to chill;
when required cut in slices and serve. When finished
they should look like checkerboards.
Domino Sandwiches. Stir
one cream cheese with 1/2 cup cream and two dashes
of paprika until smooth; spread on brown bread and
cover with brown bread; cut the sandwiches 1-1/2 inches
by three inches and decorate top with the cheese mixture
put through a pastry bag to represent dominoes.
Minced Ham Sandwiches.
Put cooked ham through meat machine and to one cup
of ham add 1/4 cup mayonnaise spread between thin pieces
of wheat bread cut in diagonal shapes and put a little
of the mixture in the center of each sandwich.
Fruit Sandwich. Cook
1/2 cup dates and 1/2 cup figs in water five minutes;
drain, chop fine, mix with 1/2 cup apple or currant
jelly and 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans.
Cut graham bread into round and heart shapes and put
mixture between and decorate top with a little of
the mixture.
Toasted Cheese Roll.
Sprinkle grated cheese on thin slices of wheat bread
that has been buttered, sprinkle a little paprika over
it and toast until cheese is melted, holding cheese
side to the flame. Then roll quickly, hold together
with a toothpick and toast the outside.
Cheese Balls. Grate
one-third of a cup of American cheese, add the beaten
whites of one egg to it and a little paprika, drop
by teaspoonfuls into bread crumbs and then fry in
hot fat a minute till brown; nice served with fish
or salad.
Horn of Plenty Salad.
Cut pineapple from top lengthwise cutting across the
bottom, remove the fruit of pineapple, cutting it in
small pieces, careful not to break the skin; add one
pint of fine cut peeled apples, one pint of fine cut
celery, 1/2 cup of walnut meats broken, mix with 1
cup of fine mayonnaise, arrange the pineapple on a
platter the green top up and fix it to look like a
horn of plenty; fill in the salad, pour over one cup
of fine mayonnaise, spread it smooth with a knife,
decorate with celery tops, candied cherries and chopped
pistachio nuts.
Grape Fruit Salad. Cut
three grape fruit and three oranges in half and take
out the pieces, add one pint fine cut celery, four
tablespoons fine mayonnaise and put back in the grape
fruit shells that have been cleaned out and scalloped.
Mask with mayonnaise and garnish with pieces of grape
fruit and orange and celery leaves, sprinkle finely
chopped pistachio nuts over all.
Waldorf Salad. Peel,
core and cut fine, four apples, add one pint finely
cut celery to it and mix two tablespoonfuls broken
English walnuts previously boiled in salted water,
add four tablespoonfuls fine mayonnaise and mix well,
pile on a platter and mask with mayonnaise, garnish
with pieces of red apple, celery leaves and walnuts.
Pear farcis fromage a la
Rocquefort. Peel a nice mellow ripe pear,
remove core after cutting it carefully in half, cream,
put Rocquefort cheese through a potato ricer, add
little cream and a few dashes of paprika, mix few
minutes, fill in center of pears, lay the pear on
a crisp lettuce leaf, decorate with chopped pistachio
nuts, and a candied cherry at top, pour over a nice
Russian dressing, and serve.
Russian Dressing. Put
2 yolks of eggs in a bowl, set the bowl in cracked
ice or cold water, add to the yolks 1/4 teaspoonful
dry mustard, add 1/4 cup of salad oil, in small portions
till absorbed by the yolks, add 1 teaspoonful lemon
juice or vinegar, 1 even teaspoonful salt, dash of
paprika, 1 tablespoonful Chili sauce, and 1 tablespoonful
whipped cream.
Green Pepper farcis fromage
a la Cream. Have a washed green pepper
scooped out so the seeds are all removed. Mix
a fresh cream cheese with fine chopped walnuts and
pieces of pimento cut into small squares, fill into
the pepper, so it is well packed, set on ice till
chilled an hour or so.
When ready to serve, cut into slices
with a sharp knife, arrange onto fresh lettuce leaves,
pour over French dressing and serve.