MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1938, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES

SOME FIRM FAVOURITES. French Dressing Blend . i cup sugar : 1J teaspoons paprika 1 1-J teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon dry mustard. Add slowly , J cup vinegar 1 cup salad oil. Beat for three minutes at third speed in electric mixer or by hand with an egg beater. If made in a large quantity and kept in a bottle or jar it is nice to 'add 1 bay leaf 1 clove or garlic Quick Coffee Cake With Apples Sift together 2 cups sifted flour , 2 teaspoons baking powder t teaspoon salt J cup sugar. Blend with 6 tablespoons shortening. Mix together 1 egg, well beaten, J cup milk, and add to other mixture. Turn into greased 9-inch layer pan, spreading dough evenly. Brush

top with 1J tablespoons melted butter. Peel, core, and cut into slices 5 apples. Lay in rows on buttered dough, pressing each firmly into place. Mix together 4 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon flour J teaspoon cinnamon, sprinkle over apples. Bake in hot oven (400 deg F) 25 to 30 minutes. Cut into squares and serve hot as a dessert, with whipped cream, or serve it for breakfast.

Fudge Mix together 2 cups sugar 4. tablespoons cocoa 2 tablespoons corn sirup J cup evaporated milk. Stir until sugar is dissolved and wash down sugar from sides of saucepan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Cook to 236 deg F, or until a drop of fudge forms a soft ball in a cup of cold water., Remove from fire and put on top but do not stir. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon butter Pinch of salt. Allow to stand and cool for 15 minutes, then beat until fudge shows indication of hardening. Add Nut meats if desired. Pour into buttered platter and when nearly stiff mark into squares. The secret of success in this recipe seems to be the corn sirup, and letting it cool undisturbed. That combined with the evaporated milk (although fresh milk may be used as well) makes the fudge unusually smooth and creamy.