Show I II I J t a t Lm V f iV tt fj t ft j f I f iHN NS II s I Y r 4 II p. p i b S r k n e i yr Nt 1 m w a. a w f Cake Is a Welcome Treat for Returning Servicemen See Recipe Below Delow Welcome Home Parties If your favorite serviceman Is s s coming home either on a furlough or a discharge then you'll want to welcome him home with plenty of water mouth mouthwatering ing cakes and cookies These r among other things are the foods they've been dreaming about so plan to have them in generous quantity What about the shortage of ot sugar Theres There's no need to worry about that as long as you can get syrups which substitute sq nicely If you follow the recipes exactly as they're given given en en the texture and taste will be per feet You wont won't even miss the sug sug- ar Keep simplicity in mind for these Welcome Home parties Cake or cookies perhaps some ready made ready made sandwich fillings in the refrigerator tor fruit and beverages are all you yop will will ld no fuss or bother Just lust plenty of cf good food served appetizingly The following cake Is made by bythe bythe bythe the newer shorter method and can be done either by hand or with an electric mixer if you are lucky enough to have one Use the clock or count accurately when beating Delicate White Cake 2 cups clips sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons double-acting double linking baking powder V teaspoon salt V 1 cups sugar 3 egg whites H cup vegetable ve shortening 94 I cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flour once measure Into sifter sitter with baking powder salt and 1 cup of sugar Beat egg whites until foamy Add remaining 34 14 cup sugar gradually beating only until the mixture will hold up in soft peaks Set aside Have shortening at nt room temper temper- temperature temperature mix or stir just to soften Sift in dry ingredients add milk and vanilla and mix until all the flour flourIs Is dampened Then beat 2 minutes Add egg white mixture and beat 1 11 minute longer Count only actual beating time or beating strokes Al AI Allow low to full fuU strokes per per min min- ute Scrape bowl and beater often Turn batter into two 8 inch layer pans which have been greased lined on the bottoms with waxed pa pa- paper IS L. L fi per and greased Bake Dake in ina again J a moderate I J 1 degree oven I. I l' l labout about 25 minutes Spread prepared butterscotch or chocolate filling in between layers I and sprinkle top with powdered sug sug- ar I Corn syrup Syrup Substitution Use 3 H 2 cup corn syrup rup and cup sugar in inI above recipe Measure 34 cup sug sug- sugar sugar ug I ar into sifter and use VI 1 cup sugar hi in meringue Decrease milk 2 tablespoons ta ta ta- Combine syrup with milk and vanilla If you prefer icing the cake to sprinkling powdered sugar over it then you will wili want a festive furlough frosting Furlough Frosting 2 egg whites 34 teaspoon salt saltI I 1 cup light corn com syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla I I LYNN LYNX CHAMBERS CHAMBERS' MENU Sl Furlough Party Ham Cheese and Egg Salad Sandwiches Tossed Salad Hot Hol Chocolate or Hot not Collee Delicate White Cake Candles Candle's Nuts Recipe given I LYNN SAYS To Make Soup Place soup meat and bones in cold water and allow to come slowly to the boil boil- boiling boilIng boiling ing point Soups should be sim sim- simmered simmered slowly to bring out their full flavor Oa VOl A good proportion to use is 1 quart of water to every pound of bone and meat Soup stock will wll keep several days in the refrigerator if It stored in freshly scalded jars or pitch pitch- ers era The fhe cake of 01 fat which forms on top should not be removed un until un- un until til all stock has been used Then it can cnn be rendered and used for frying or for the fat salvage A good batch of soup stock can be used for several days The first part can be cooked with vegetables vegetables the second batch with noodles or rice and the third time herbs or dumplings may be added To make clear soup the white of ot 1 egg may be mixed with 1 of cold water i I teaspoon and boiled in the soup for foi 2 minutes The Crushed egg eCE K U may alip be used before boiling and removed by straining through a cheese cheese- cheesecloth cloth Beat egg whites with salt until stiff enough to hold up in peaks but not dry Pour syrup in a fine floe stream over the egg whites beating constantly about 10 to 15 IS minutes or until of the right consistency to spread Add vanilla Honey Frosting Use above rec rec- recipe recIpe recipe ipe substituting 1 cup honey for syrup Omit vanilla When making cookies for the re re- returning returning re- re returning turning serviceman be wise and se se- select select lect recipes that use inexpensive ingredients but make plenty of ot good cookies Try these for example Mincemeat Refrigerator Cookies Makes 7 dozen cookies 14 cup shortening 1 cup sugar Hi H teaspoon lemon extract 1 teaspoon grated grat d lemon rind 1 egg egg- beaten 24 2 1 cups flour Dour 34 teaspoon salt W H teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon cup mincemeat H 34 cup chopped nuts Cream together shortening and sugar until light and fluffy Add lemon extract and lemon rind Add a beaten egg and ff mix well welt Sift Sitt to together t I L. II a agether gether flour salt ono fJ soda and cinna cinna- cinnamon mon mono Fold gradually gradually L ally into the creamed mixture alternately with the mincemeat Add nuts Mix into a stiff dough Form Into rolls and wrap in waxed paper Store In re reo refrigerator re- re refrigerator until ready to use Slice Vi 14 inch thick and bake on cookie sheets in a moderate 35 degree oven about 15 minutes Spicy Pumpkin Cookies Makes Slakes 2 dozen cookies i 3 cup fat V 34 cup sugar 1 eg egg beaten H 4 cup cooked prepared pumpkin 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 34 4 teaspoon salt 14 1 teaspoons cinnamon 34 tj teaspoon ginger gingerA M A teaspoon nutmeg H cup raisins H 34 cup chopped nuts DUtil Cream fat faL add sugar gradually Cream until light liht and fluffy Add egg and pumpkin mix well Sift flour oncel measure mea ure Sift flour flour bak bak- baking baking ing lag powder salt and spices er Add dry dr ingredients and mix until well blended together Add raisins and nuts Drop by spoonfuls spoon spoon- spoonfuls spoonfuls fuls on a greased cookie sheet Bake in a moderate oven for tor approximately 15 minutes by Western Newspaper Union |