Part 13 (1/2)

1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped suet 1 cup mola.s.ses 1 cup milk 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. soda cup boiling water tsp. cinnamon tsp. nutmeg tsp. allspice tsp. cloves flour

Combine and mix all the ingredients with flour enough to make a stiff batter; then add the soda dissolved in boiling water. Put into a well greased mould, cover tightly and steam for 3 hours. Serve with a sauce made from:

1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 egg, beaten

Beat all together until creamy and pour over the pudding when serving.

APPLE _or_ PEACH STRUDEL

Into bottom of a b.u.t.tered baking dish put thick layers of apples (or peaches). Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixed. Dot with lumps of b.u.t.ter. Into a mixing bowl sift:

1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 cup flour tsp. salt

Into this break 1 egg. Mix until crumbly. Put over apples (peaches) bake in moderate oven (350-f) till crust is brown. Serve with milk, whipped cream or ice cream.

COTTAGE PUDDING

1 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder tsp. salt cup b.u.t.ter, or other fat cup sugar 1 egg tsp. lemon extract ? cup milk

Mix flour, baking powder and salt and sift twice. Cream b.u.t.ter until soft; add sugar gradually, beating until light. Beat in the egg and flavoring. Add flour mixing alternately with the milk, beating smooth after each addition. Turn into a b.u.t.tered square tin (8 8 2 inches).

Bake in moderate oven (350-f) for about 40 minutes. Serve with b.u.t.terscotch or orange sauce. It's delicious covered with crushed berries or other fruits.

RHUBARB PUDDING

Stewed Rhubarb Stale cake or bread Sugar Whites of 2 eggs

Line b.u.t.tered baking dish with slices of plain stale cake or bread. Fill with sweetened rhubarb. Cover and bake in moderately slow oven (325-f) for 30 minutes. Make a meringue by beating egg whites stiff and adding 4 tblsp. sugar. Remove pudding from oven, cover with meringue and brown in oven.

CHERRY PUDDING

cup sugar cup b.u.t.ter 2 tsp. baking powder 2 cups flour 1 cup milk 1 cup cherries, pitted 1 egg

Cream together the b.u.t.ter and sugar and add the egg then beat well. Sift the flour and baking powder and add alternately with the milk. Blend well, flour the cherries and stir in. Pour batter into a baking dish and bake in moderate oven (350-f) for 30 mins. Serve with plain or whipped cream.

APPLE PANDOWDY

4 tart apples cup mola.s.ses teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons b.u.t.ter biscuit dough

Pare and slice apples and arrange in a well greased shallow baking dish.

Sprinkle with cinnamon, drizzle over mola.s.ses and dot with b.u.t.ter. Cover with biscuit dough which has been rolled to about inch thickness.

Cut gashes in dough to allow steam to escape. Bake in moderate oven about 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve hot, cutting out squares of the biscuit to use as a base for the fruit mixture. Serve with cream flavored with nutmeg.

APPLE DUMPLINGS