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Title: Season's best dishes for 2 or 4 or 6

Author: Mary Lee Taylor

Creator: Pet Milk Company

Release date: March 10, 2023 [eBook #70259]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Pet Milk Company

Credits: Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEASON'S BEST DISHES FOR 2 OR 4 OR 6 ***

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Season's Best Dishes

Season’s Best
Dishes

for 2 or 4 or 6
By Mary Lee Taylor

[Pg 2]


Dear Friend,

The cookies you make, the candies, the special dishes—even the very smell of them baking or cooking—are things your family will remember long after the holidays.

It takes time, of course, to make these good things—but with the recipes in this booklet, it will take much less time. For instance, those delicious Butterscotch Balls and Coconut Kisses are so simple to make there need never be an empty candy jar. If there’s a “junior” cook at your house, let her try them—she’ll be so proud of her success.

You will be famous for your cookies when you serve fruity Pineapple Date Bars, or rich, tender Holiday Crescents—which are merely shaped into half-moons, not rolled. Mincemeat Cup Cakes are almost little fruit cakes—and Easy Fruit Coffee Cake is so quickly made with yeast and biscuit-mix you could have it for a festive Christmas breakfast.

When friends drop in, entertaining’s easy with Bacon Rarebit—or with Cheese Chips in the icebox, all ready to slice and bake at a moment’s notice. I haven’t forgotten your Christmas dinner—there’s a Potato Stuffing for the holiday bird, a baking chart to make it a complete success, a delicious vegetable and a new salad dressing.

Mary Lee Taylor head

Perhaps you’re thinking all these good things take extra amounts of expensive butter and cream. Quite the opposite! Pet Milk actually saves on butter because it’s whole milk concentrated to double richness. In fact, you can use it in place of cream for whipped toppings, desserts and for coffee—at less than half the cost of cream. Even when mixed with an equal amount of water, Pet Milk is rich, wholesome milk that costs less generally than ordinary milk.

I know these recipes will help you serve the best of Christmas treats—and I send them with my wishes for the happiest of holidays.

Sincerely,

Mary Lee Taylor (signature)


Index to Recipes

BEVERAGE AND COFFEE CAKE
Easy Fruit Coffee Cake 10
Eggnog 12
Pet Glaze 9
CANDIES, CAKES AND COOKIES
Butterscotch Balls 5
Coconut Kisses 11
Fruit Candy 12
Holiday Crescents 5
Mincemeat Cup Cakes 11
Nut Fudge 3
Pineapple Date Bars 13
Plain Fudge 3
Quick Fruit Cake 14
Stuffed Dates 6
Stuffed Figs 6
Stuffed Prunes 6
DESSERT AND SAUCE
Ambrosia Floating Island 4
Holiday Sauce 10
MISCELLANEOUS
Baking Directions for Poultry and Meat 8
Cheese Chips 8
MAIN DISHES AND STUFFING
Bacon Rarebit 7
Pork Chop Dinner 15
Potato Stuffing 9
SALAD AND SALAD DRESSING
Banana Nut Salad 6
Whipped Cranberry Dressing 14
VEGETABLES
Cauliflower with Egg Sauce 15
Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes 7

Form No. 4760—11-19-49—12-31-49

[Pg 3]


Nut Fudge

(Photograph on front cover)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 1⅓ lbs. For 2¾ lbs.
1. Mix in saucepan left brace COCOA left brace 6 tablesp. left brace ¾ cup
SUGAR 1½ cups 3 cups
CORN SYRUP 1½ tablesp. 3 tablesp.
PET MILK 9 tablesp. 1⅛ cups[1]
WATER 3 tablesp. 6 tablesp.
2. When well blended, cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil slowly, stirring now and then until candy reaches soft ball stage (see note). Cool at room temperature, without stirring, until lukewarm, or until the hand can be held comfortably on bottom of pan.
3. Add left brace SALT left brace few grains left brace ⅛ teasp.
VANILLA ¾ teasp. 1½ teasp.
4. Beat until candy holds its shape. Pour into greased pan measuring about left brace 9 × 5 inches left brace 9 × 9 inches
5. Press into top of fudge the moment it is poured into pan left brace whole blanched ALMONDS[2] left brace 1½ dozen left brace 3 dozen
6. Have nuts in rows about 1½ inches apart. Cut into squares when cool.
7. Makes left brace 1½ dozen, 1½-in. pieces left brace 3 dozen, 1½-in. pieces

For Plain Fudge, simply omit the nuts in the above recipe.

[1] 1⅛ cups equal 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons.

[2] Pecans, walnuts, hazel nuts, cashews, etc. also can be used.

Note: Drop a tiny bit of the hot mixture into a bowl of cold water. If it stays together in a soft ball and does not fall apart when you lift it out of the water with your fingers, then the Fudge has cooked long enough. Be sure to take candy off the heat while testing. Do not use ice cold water.


GRAND TO SERVE AT A BIG HOLIDAY PARTY

Big Bowl of Eggnog[3]
(placed in a wreath of holly or evergreens)

Small Slices of Quick Fruit Cake[3] Cheese Chips[3]

Nut Fudge[3] Salted Nuts Holiday Crescents[3]

[3] Recipes are in this book


[Pg 4]

Ambrosia Floating Island

EVERYDAY FOODS
FIXED FOR COMPANY
Baked Ham
Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes[4]
Buttered Green Beans
Lettuce Wedges with Whipped Cranberry Dressing[4]
Ambrosia Floating Island[4]
[4] Recipes are in this book

Ambrosia Floating Island

(Photograph above)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Mix and heat slowly to boiling left brace PET MILK left brace 6 tablesp. left brace ¾ cup left brace 1¼ cups
WATER 1½ tablesp. 3 tablesp. ¼ cup
2. Stir into mixture of left brace slightly beaten EGG YOLKS left brace 1 left brace 2 left brace 3
SUGAR 1½ tablesp. 3 tablesp. ¼ cup
SALT few grains few grains ⅛ teasp.
grated ORANGE RIND ½ teasp. 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
3. Cook over boiling water and stir until mixture thickens slightly or about left brace 2 minutes left brace 3 minutes left brace 4 minutes
4. Remove from heat and stir in left brace ORANGE JUICE left brace 3 tablesp. left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
5. Pour into shallow serving dish holding about left brace 1 pint left brace 1 quart left brace 1½ quarts
6. Cover and chill.
7. When ready to serve, beat until stiff left brace EGG WHITES left brace 1 left brace 2 left brace 3
8. Beat in slowly left brace SUGAR left brace 2 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup left brace 6 tablesp.
9. Drop in 2 or 4 or 6 “islands” on top of chilled custard.
10. Top “islands” with left brace shredded COCONUT left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
11. Garnish with orange sections if desired.

[Pg 5]

Butterscotch Balls

(Photograph on front cover)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 3 dozen For 6 dozen
1. Mix in saucepan, then heat slowly, stirring until sugar is dissolved left brace brown SUGAR left brace 1 cup left brace 2 cups
PET MILK ¼ cup ½ cup
BUTTER 1 tablesp. 2 tablesp.
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
2. Remove from heat, cool thoroughly, but do not chill.
3. Add about ¼ cup at a time, mixing until smooth after each addition left brace powdered SUGAR left brace 2 cups left brace 4 cups
4. Turn out on board which has been sprinkled with left brace powdered SUGAR left brace 2 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
5. Knead with the hands until smooth and creamy.
6. Shape into inch balls, rolling each one as it is shaped in left brace chopped NUTS left brace 1 cup left brace 2 cups
7. Put on waxed paper. Chill before serving.

Holiday Crescents

(Photograph on front cover)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 3 dozen For 4½ dozen
1. Let stand in warm room until soft enough to stir easily left brace BUTTER or margarine left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
2. Sift together left brace sifted all-purpose FLOUR left brace 1½ cups left brace 2¼ cups
powdered SUGAR ½ cup ¾ cup
SALT ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
3. Mix left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup
VANILLA ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
4. Beat into butter gradually, about a tablespoon at a time, using a mixing spoon or rotary egg beater.
5. Stir in flour mixture, about ¼ cup at a time, mixing well.
6. Mix in left brace finely cut NUTS left brace 1 cup left brace 1½ cups
7. Pinch off about a teaspoon of dough at a time. Roll with fingers into strip 2½ inches long. Turn each strip to form a half-moon. Put on ungreased baking sheet about an inch apart. Bake on top shelf in moderate oven (375° F.) for 12 minutes, or until very light brown.
8. Roll, while still warm, in left brace powdered SUGAR left brace 6 tablesp. left brace ½ cup

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 5,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specially adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.


[Pg 6]

Stuffed Dates

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 2½ dozen For 5 dozen
1. Melt in saucepan over low heat left brace BUTTER or margarine left brace 1½ tablesp. left brace 3 tablesp.
2. Stir in left brace PET MILK left brace 2 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
VANILLA ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
3. Remove from heat; then add about ¼ cup at a time left brace powdered SUGAR left brace 1¾ cups (½ lb.) left brace 3½ cups (1 lb.)
4. Turn onto board sprinkled with left brace powdered SUGAR left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp.
5. Knead with the hands until smooth and creamy.
6. Remove pits from left brace DATES left brace 2½ dozen left brace 5 dozen
7. Fill cavities with candy mixture.

For Stuffed Figs or Prunes, steam 2 or 4 dozen dried figs or prunes over hot water until plump. Cut pocket in figs; remove pits from prunes, then fill with candy mixture. Roll in granulated sugar if desired.


Banana Nut Salad

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Mix in bowl left brace bottled SALAD DRESSING left brace 2½ tablesp. left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
SALT few grains ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
dry MUSTARD ¼ teasp. ½ teasp. ¾ teasp
PET MILK 2 tablesp. ¼ cup 6 tablesp.
2. Stir in left brace LEMON JUICE left brace 1½ teasp. left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 1½ tablesp.
3. Chill.
4. At serving time, arrange on 2 or 4 or 6 salad plates left brace LETTUCE left brace 2 leaves left brace 4 leaves left brace 6 leaves
5. Peel, then cut into 2-inch pieces left brace ripe BANANAS left brace 4 pieces left brace 8 pieces left brace 12 pieces
6. Using 2 forks, dip pieces of banana, one at a time, in the dressing.
7. Roll each, as it is dipped, in left brace finely cut NUTS[5] left brace ⅓ cup left brace ⅔ cup left brace 1 cup
8. Put 2 pieces of banana on each lettuce leaf. Serve with the rest of the dressing.

[5] Salted, skinless peanuts, pecans, cashews, etc. can be used.


[Pg 7]

Bacon Rarebit

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Mix left brace diced AMERICAN CHEESE left brace ½ cup (2½ ozs.) left brace 1 cup (⅓ lb.) left brace 1½ cups (½ lb.)
PET MILK ¼ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
Worcestershire SAUCE (can omit) 1 teasp. 2 teasp. 1 tablesp.
dry MUSTARD ¼ teasp. ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
SALT few grains ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
2. Cook and stir over boiling water until smooth.
3. Put on plates left brace TOAST left brace 2 slices left brace 4 slices left brace 6 slices
4. Pour cheese sauce over toast.
5. Top with left brace crisp BACON left brace 4 slices left brace 8 slices left brace 12 slices

Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Cover and boil 20 minutes, or until tender left brace unpared SWEET POTATOES left brace 3 small (½ lb.) left brace 3 medium (½ lb.) left brace 4 large (1½ lbs.)
in boiling WATER 2 cups 3 cups 4 cups
2. Turn on oven; set at moderate (375° F.).
3. Grease a shallow baking dish holding about left brace 1 pint left brace 1 quart left brace 1½ quarts
4. Drain potatoes; slip off skins, then mash well.
5. Beat in left brace PET MILK left brace 6 tablesp. left brace ¾ cup left brace 1 cup
brown SUGAR 1 tablesp. 2 tablesp. 3 tablesp.
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp. ⅓ teasp.
6. Put into greased baking dish.
7. Cut in halves left brace drained PINEAPPLE SLICES, canned left brace 2 slices left brace 4 slices left brace 6 slices
8. Arrange on potato mixture along outer edge.
9. Sprinkle over potatoes, but not over fruit left brace crushed CORN FLAKES left brace 2 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup
10. Bake until thoroughly hot, or about left brace 20 minutes left brace 30 minutes left brace 40 minutes
11. Serve hot from the baking dish.

Note: Well drained, canned sweet potatoes also can be used. You will need ¾ cup mashed sweet potatoes for 2; 1½ cups for 4 and 2¼ cups for 6.


[Pg 8]

Cheese Chips

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 4 dozen For 6 dozen
1. Sift together left brace sifted, cake FLOUR left brace 1 cup left brace 1½ cups
SALT ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
2. Work into flour with fork or pastry blender left brace soft SHORTENING left brace ¼ cup left brace 6 tablesp.
3. When mixture has appearance of small peas, fold in left brace grated American or cheddar CHEESE left brace 1 cup left brace 1½ cups
4. Stir in slowly with fork a mixture of left brace PET MILK left brace 2 tablesp. left brace 3 tablesp.
WATER 1 tablesp. 1½ tablesp.
5. Shape dough into a roll about 1½ inches thick. Wrap in waxed paper.
6. Chill in refrigerator for several hours or overnight.
7. Turn on oven; set at moderately hot (400° F.).
8. Cut chilled dough into ⅛-inch slices. Put on well-greased and floured baking sheets.
9. Brush with left brace PET MILK left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 1½ tablesp.
10. Then sprinkle with left brace caraway, poppy or celery SEED left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.
11. Bake on oven shelf slightly above center 12 minutes, or until light brown.

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 5,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specially adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.


Baking Directions For Poultry and Meat

(at room temperature, stuffed Oven Length
and ready for baking) Temperature of Baking Time
Chicken, under 5 lbs. 350° F. 40 min. per lb.
Chicken, 5 lbs. and over 325° F. 40 min. per lb.
Duck, 5 lbs. and over 325° F. 40 min. per lb.
Goose 325° F. 35 min. per lb.
Guinea Hen, 3½ lbs. 350° F. 40 min. per lb.
Lamb, Breast or Shoulder 300° F. 35 min. per lb.
Pork Shoulder 350° F. 45 min. per lb.
Pork Tenderloin, cut with pocket 350° F. 40 min. per lb.
Turkey, under 12 lbs. 325° F. 25 min. per lb.
Turkey, over 12 lbs. 300° F. 18 to 20 min. per lb.
Veal, Breast or Shoulder 300° F. 45 min. per lb.

Note: Use a shallow uncovered baking pan and do not baste.


[Pg 9]

Pet Glaze

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 10-inch coffee cake For 15-inch coffee cake
1. Mix in small bowl left brace PET MILK left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.
VANILLA ¾ teasp. 1 teasp.
2. Add about 2 tablesp. at a time left brace powdered SUGAR left brace ½ cup left brace ⅔ cup
3. Beat until smooth. Spread on tops of Mincemeat Cup Cakes or on Easy Coffee Cake (see index) as soon as removed from the oven.

Potato Stuffing

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 4½ to 5-lb. Chicken or Duck For 8 to 10-lb. Turkey
1. Cook slowly 5 minutes left brace finely cut ONION left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup
finely diced CELERY 1 cup 1½ cups
in hot SHORTENING 2 tablesp. 3 tablesp.
2. Remove from heat; add left brace PET MILK left brace ⅔ cup left brace 1 cup
well-beaten EGG 1 2
SALT 1¼ teasp. 1¾ teasp.
powdered SAGE 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
PEPPER few grains ⅛ teasp.
3. Add and mix well left brace finely diced, cooked POTATOES left brace 2 cups left brace 3 cups
soft BREAD CRUMBS 2 cups 3 cups

4. Spoon lightly into cavity of poultry. Sew cavity together or secure with toothpicks laced with string.

5. Bake as directed in chart on opposite page.

Note: For 3½-lb. guinea hen, use ½ of the recipe for 4½ to 5-lb. chicken; for 12 to 14-lb. turkey, double the recipe for 8 to 10-lb. turkey.


Roast duck on platter
HOLIDAY MEAL
SURE TO PLEASE
Roast Chicken or Duck
Potato Stuffing[6]
Giblet Gravy
Cauliflower with Egg Sauce[6]
Cranberry Sauce
Celery
Ice Cream with Pineapple Date Bars[6]
[6] Recipes are in this book

[Pg 10]

Holiday Sauce

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Chill until ice cold. left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅛ cup left brace ½ cup
2. Wash, dry on towel, then put through fine knife of food chopper left brace fresh, raw CRANBERRIES left brace ½ cup left brace 1 cup left brace 1½ cups
3. Add left brace SUGAR left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.
grated ORANGE RIND ¼ teasp. ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
4. Boil slowly and stir 3 minutes; remove from heat.
5. Cut in small pieces left brace medium peeled ORANGES left brace 1 left brace 2 left brace 3

6. Add to cranberry mixture; then chill thoroughly.

7. At serving time, whip chilled milk with cold rotary beater, or electric beater at high speed, until stiff. Fold into chilled fruit. Serve on fruit, plain cake, etc.


Easy Fruit Coffee Cake

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 10-inch coffee cake For 15-inch coffee cake
1. Mix in bowl, then cool to lukewarm left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace 6 tablesp.
boiling WATER ¼ cup 6 tablesp.
2. Stir in left brace crumbled YEAST CAKE left brace ⅔ cake left brace 1 cake
SUGAR 2 teasp. 1 tablesp.
3. When yeast is dissolved, stir in about ½ cup at a time left brace BISCUIT MIX left brace 1⅔ cups left brace 2½ cups
4. Turn out on lightly floured board. Knead with the hands 40 times.
5. Roll into a sheet measuring about left brace 10 × 10 in. left brace 10 × 15 in.
6. Spread with left brace soft BUTTER left brace 2 teasp. left brace 1 tablesp.
7. Sprinkle with mixture of left brace seedless RAISINS left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
finely cut NUTS 3 tablesp. ¼ cup
SUGAR 3 tablesp. ¼ cup
CINNAMON ¾ teasp. 1 teasp.

8. Roll up like jelly roll. Start at one of the 15-inch sides for the large roll.

9. Put into greased shallow baking pan.

10. Cut gashes about 1-inch deep along both sides and about 1-inch apart. Cover with cloth wrung out of hot water. Let rise until doubled in size. Bake on center shelf of moderate oven (375° F.) about 25 minutes, or until brown. While warm spread with Pet Glaze (see index).

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 5,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specialty adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.


[Pg 11]

Coconut Kisses

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 3 dozen For 4½ dozen
1. Turn on oven; set at moderately slow (350° F.).
2. Mix left brace SUGAR left brace 1 cup left brace 1½ cups
all-purpose FLOUR ¼ cup 6 tablesp.
SALT ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
seedless RAISINS ½ cup ¾ cup
candied CHERRIES,[7] quartered ½ cup ¾ cup
shredded COCONUT[8] 3 cups (½ lb.) 4½ cups (¾ lb.)
3. Stir in left brace PET MILK left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
VANILLA 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.

4. When well mixed, drop 2 inches apart from a teaspoon onto well-greased and floured baking sheet.

5. Bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from pan while warm and shape into balls with fingers.

[7] Diced candied pineapple can replace cherries.

[8] For the coconut, use the bulk kind or that which comes in cans but not the frozen.


Mincemeat Cup Cakes

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 12 cup cakes For 18 cup cakes
1. Turn on oven; set at moderately slow (350° F.).
2. Grease 12 or 18 two and one-half in. muffin cups holding about ½ cup each.
3. Sift together into bowl left brace sifted, all purpose FLOUR left brace 1¾ cups left brace 2⅔ cups
BAKING POWDER 2 teasp. 3 teasp.
SUGAR ¾ cup 1⅛ cups[9]
SALT ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.
4. Add all at once left brace soft SHORTENING left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
unbeaten EGG 1 2
VANILLA 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
MINCEMEAT[10] 1 cup 1½ cup
PET MILK ¼ cup 6 tablesp.
WATER ¼ cup 6 tablesp.

5. Beat vigorously 2 minutes with spoon or electric beater at medium speed.

6. Fill muffin cups only ⅔ full. Bake on oven shelf slightly above center 30 minutes, or until cakes shrink from sides of cups. If desired, spread while warm with Pet Glaze (see index).

[9] 1⅛ cups equal 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons.

[10] Use bulk or packaged mincemeat, cooked as directed on package.

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 3,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specially adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.

[Pg 12]


Fruit Candy


KITCHEN PARTY
BOYS AND GIRLS
CAN FIX EASILY
Toasted Cheese Sandwiches
Banana Nut Salad[11]
Fruit Candy[11]
Favorite Beverage
[11] Recipes are in this book

Fruit Candy

(Photograph above)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 3 dozen For 6 dozen
1. Put through medium knife of food chopper left brace uncooked, dried PRUNES, pitted left brace ½ cup (3 ozs.) left brace 1 cup (6 ozs.)
uncooked, dried APRICOTS ¼ cup (1½ ozs.) ½ cup (3 ozs.)
seedless RAISINS ⅔ cup 1¼ cups
shelled NUTS ¾ cup 1¾ cups
2. Put ground fruit mixture into bowl and add left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup
grated ORANGE RIND ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.

3. Mix thoroughly until milk is absorbed. Chill. Shape about a teaspoonful of the mixture into round or oblong patties. Decorate with shelled nuts or halves of candied cherries, or roll in chocolate decorettes or finely chopped nuts. Patties may also be studded with puffed rice, or strips of blanched almonds.

Note: Pitted dates can be used for prunes and dried or pressed figs for apricots.


Eggnog

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 1 quart For 1½ quarts
1. Beat until light and fluffy left brace EGGS left brace 3 left brace 4
2. Beat in gradually left brace SUGAR left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
3. Beat in slowly left brace VANILLA[12] left brace 1½ tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp.
4. Then stir in mixture of left brace PET MILK left brace 2 cups left brace 3 cups
WATER 1 cup 1½ cups

5. Chill. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg if desired.

[12] To use alcoholic flavoring for vanilla, use ½ cup for 1 qt. and ¾ cup for 1½ qts.


[Pg 13]

Pineapple Date Bars

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 2 dozen For 3 dozen
1. Turn on oven; set at slow (325° F.).
2. Grease a shallow pan measuring about left brace 8 × 12 inches left brace 10 × 15 inches
3. Mix, then let stand left brace canned, crushed PINEAPPLE, well drained left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
finely cut, pitted DATES 1 cup 1½ cups
finely cut NUTS 1 cup 1½ cups
4. Sift together left brace sifted, all-purpose FLOUR left brace ¾ cup left brace 1⅛ cups[13]
BAKING POWDER 1½ teasp. 2¼ teasp.
SALT ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
5. Beat until very light left brace EGG YOLKS left brace 2 left brace 3
6. Beat in about 2 tablespoons at a time left brace SUGAR left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
7. Stir in left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace 6 tablesp.
VANILLA 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
8. Add flour, mixing until smooth.
9. Fold in fruit mixture and left brace stiffly beaten EGG WHITES left brace 2 left brace 3
10. Put into greased pan. Bake until firm, or about left brace 35 minutes left brace 45 minutes
11. When cool, cut in bars 1 × 4 inches.


[13]
1⅛ cups equal 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons.

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 5,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specially adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.


PARTY FOOD
TO A MAN’S TASTE
Bacon Rarebit[14]
Creamy Cole Slaw
Dill Pickle Slices
Easy Fruit Coffee Cake[14]
Hot Coffee
[14] Recipes are in this book
FAMILY MEAL
STARRING DESSERT
Pork Chop Dinner[15]
Mashed Potatoes
Sauerkraut
Hot Buttered Rolls
Slices of Angel Cake
with Holiday Sauce
[15]
[15] Recipes are in this book

[Pg 14]

Whipped Cranberry Dressing

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 1 cup For 1¾ cups For 2½ cups
1. Chill until ice cold left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
2. Wash, dry on towel, then put through medium knife of food chopper left brace fresh, raw CRANBERRIES left brace ⅓ cup left brace ⅔ cup left brace 1 cup
3. Add left brace SUGAR left brace 4 teasp. left brace 3 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
SALT ¼ teasp. ⅓ teasp. ½ teasp.
WATER 4 teasp. 2 tablesp. 3 tablesp.
4. Boil 3 minutes, stirring often. Chill thoroughly.
5. Stir in left brace SALAD OIL left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2½ tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
6. Whip chilled milk with cold rotary beater until light and fluffy.
7. Add left brace LEMON JUICE left brace 2½ teasp. left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.

8. Continue whipping until stiff. Fold into chilled cranberry mixture. Serve on fruit salads or wedges of lettuce.


Quick Fruit Cake

(Photograph on front cover)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 2¼ lbs. For 4½ lbs.
1. Turn on oven; set at moderately slow (350° F.).
2. Grease a tube or loaf pan[16] holding about left brace 5 cups left brace 2 quarts
3. Break into pieces left brace 2-inch VANILLA WAFERS left brace 4 dozen (½ lb.) left brace 8 dozen (1 lb.)
4. Soak until soft in left brace PET MILK left brace ¾ cup left brace 1½ cups
5. Meanwhile, mix left brace FLOUR left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp.
pitted DATES,[17] cut in small pieces 1 cup 2 cups
seedless RAISINS[17] 1 cup 2 cups
broken NUTS 1 cup 2 cups
6. Beat together left brace well-beaten EGGS left brace 2 left brace 4
SUGAR ½ cup 1 cup
CINNAMON ¾ teasp. ½ teasp.
NUTMEG ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
ALLSPICE ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
SALT ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.
7. Add to soaked wafers and mix well. Stir in floured fruit mixture. Put into greased tube pan. Bake on oven shelf slightly below center until cake shrinks from sides of pan and is firm to the touch, or about left brace 1¼ hours[16] left brace 1½ hours[16]

8. Let stand in pan 5 minutes before removing.
[16] If loaf pan is used, bake smaller cake 1½ hours and bake larger cake 2 hours.
[17] Cut-up candied pineapple and cherries can replace half of the dates and raisins.
Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 7,000 feet.


[Pg 15]

Pork Chop Dinner

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Mix well left brace FLOUR left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp. left brace 3 tablesp.
SALT ¾ teasp. 1¼ teasp. 2 teasp.
PEPPER few grains few grains ⅛ teasp.
2. Roll in flour mixture left brace PORK CHOPS about 1 in. thick left brace 2 (⅔ lb.) left brace 4 (1⅓ lbs.) left brace 6 (2 lbs.)
3. Brown on both sides in skillet containing left brace hot SHORTENING left brace 2 teasp. left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.
4. Drain off fat. Sprinkle any remaining flour mixture over chops.
5. Pour around chops left brace LIQUID off corn[18] left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup left brace 1 cup
6. Cover tightly and cook very slowly 30 minutes.
7. Remove cores from left brace unpared APPLES left brace 2 small left brace 4 small left brace 6 small
8. Cut into thick slices, then arrange on chops. Cover tightly; cook slowly 15 min. longer, or until tender. Remove meat and apples from skillet. Keep hot.
9. Stir into liquid in skillet left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
whole kernel CORN cooked or canned, drained 1 cup 2 cups 3 cups
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.

10. Boil slowly and stir until sauce thickens. Serve with chops and apples.

[18] If there is not enough liquid off corn, add water.


Cauliflower With Egg Sauce

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Break into flowers left brace CAULIFLOWER left brace 1 small (¾ lb.) left brace 1 medium (1½ lbs.) left brace 1 large (2¼ lbs.)
2. Dice leaves and stems to cook with flowerets.
3. Cover and boil mixture 10 minutes, or until tender in left brace boiling WATER left brace 1 cup left brace 2 cups left brace 2½ cups
SALT ½ teasp. 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
4. Meanwhile, mix in saucepan left brace condensed cream of MUSHROOM SOUP left brace ⅓ cup left brace ¾ cup left brace 1 can
PET MILK ¼ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
SALT few grains ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
PEPPER few grains few grains few grains
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (can omit) ¼ teasp. ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
5. Fold in diced left brace hard-cooked EGGS left brace 1 left brace 2 left brace 3

6. Heat and stir over low heat. Do not boil.

7. Drain cauliflower mixture and serve with the hot sauce.


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Bringing up a Baby?

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