Show N A r W na t 4 4 w x va i fy 4 0 ih 14 I 1 I 1 THE BRIDE LEARNS TO COOK see recipes below EASY AS PIE no sooner ore are you back from your honeymoon than tho the business ol of planning menus marketing and one cooking for two begins I 1 in your capacity as chief cook youre suro sure to find tho the task of preparing three meals a day a real challenge of course it youve had little past experience in tho the culinary field therell croll th undoubtedly be at least one batch of heavy biscuits a fallen coke cake or two and even burnt toast but dont let mistakes bottler bother you too much I 1 I 1 and hell soon bo be crowing about your so o o good menial meals I 1 because im convinced that the ability to make really good pie is a highly desirable N quality for any young woman to possess especial ly a now wife im presenting a few pie recipes for you to try in your leisure moments if he likes desserts at all most men adore them try your luck with lemon chiffon chocolate rhubarb or even spanish cream pie and if youre careful to follow the foregoing suggestions lie he wont bo be able to resist that second ive captioned the column easy As aa pie I 1 I 1 which perhaps gives an erroneous impression easy to cat yes but not always easy to make pastry to Is tricky but once the technique of making it has been acquired it easily lost in making pastry remember these points 1 unless you are makin making 9 h hot ot water pastry have the ingredients for making pie crust cold 2 cut shortening into tho the flour using a pastry blender or fork or if youre an experienced cook and work quickly blending in the shortening with fingers is permissible 3 add water sparingly using only enough to hold the ingredients together gether handle dough as little and as lightly as possible after adding water 4 roll out the dough on a lightly floured board or on a heavy canvas 5 cover the rolling pin with a childs white cotton stocking with the foot cut olt off and flour it lightly and 6 place the dough loosely in the pan to help prevent shrinking pastry 2 cups flour teaspoon salt cup shortening ice water about 0 or 7 tablespoons slit sift hour flour once onca before measuring sift together flour and salt cut in 0 shortening hort ening with two knives or pastry blender making coarse pieces add as little water as possible to make dough stay together divide into parts large enough to make one crust and roll out on a well floured board with as little handling as possible ech chocolate pie pic plain pastry 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 3 eggs 1 cup cream I 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons soft bread crumbs cup chopped walt walnuts rits line a pie pan with plain pastry and pinch with fingers to make a LYNN SAYS I 1 want to piss pass on to you newlyweds some tips for homemaking that have the tha approval of hundreds of cooks mothers and housewives tin or aluminum trying frying pans will wear better it if cold water is not poured into them while hot hol boiling a new rope clothes line eno tor for a few minutes in soapy water softens it and lengthens its life A round whisk broom ser an excellent clothes sprinkler it gives a fine spray sprinkles evenly and saves time grease spots may sometimes be removed from wallpaper with a piece of blotting paper held against the spots with a warm iron in pl planning blannin annin meals bacon should be considered as fat rather than meat because it contains so 30 little protein THIS WEEKS MENU little dinner for two cube steaks with tort tart dressing potato sticks butter lima beans bread or rolls green salad chocolate plo pie coffe recipe included I 1 fancy edge cut chocolate in pieces and melt over hot water beat eggs well and add sugar bread crumbs and melted chocolate mix well pour into the pie pan bake in a hot oven degrees F for 20 minutes or until filling Is firm when cold sprinkle with chopped nuts spread with whipped cream and decorate with whole walnut kernels just because its summer dont stop pie pic baking I 1 I 1 merely change the kind ot of pie you serve spanish cream pie has everything for a successful summer dessert its ery cool delicately flavored to make the filling and pastry really boon companions substitute orange juice tor for the water in the pastry A halt half teaspoon of grated orange rind added to the flour for the pas pastry try will give a special fragrance to it spanish cream ile I 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin vt A cup cold milk ivi 1 cups scalded milk 2 egg yolks vi A cup sugar vi teaspoon salt I 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 egg whites 1 baked pastry shell soften the gelatin in the cold milic 5 to to 10 minutes dissolve over hot water stirring constantly meanwhile prepare a soft custard of the scalded milk yolks sugar and salt combine hot custard and hot dissolved gelatin cool slightly add vanilla then fold in the stiffly beaten whites chill chili until quite syrupy pour into pastry shell let sot before serving yield 0 servings sometimes it is fun to change the flavor of pastry by adding an extra ingredient or two to the recipe cheese pastry tor for example is wonderful for apple pie grated cheese Is mixed with the flour A halt half cup of grated yellow cheese Is enough for the standard recipe spiced pastry Is excellent for fruit pies particularly peach apple and apricot cinnamon and nutmeg and perhaps a touch of cloves aro are the spices to use A teaspoon each of sugar and cinnamon and a fourth teaspoon of cloves will spice a batch of pastry A little sugar also may be added crumb pastry 2 cups crumbs rollet rolled fine or ground vt cup melted butter blend butter and crumbs line pie pan by firmly pressing in mixture hin fix about one fourth inc inch t thick c be sure to have it extra thick where sides of pan join bake in a to 4 00 degree oven for 10 minutes this pastry may be made of graham crackers vanilla or chocolate wafers or ginger snaps and last but not least heres a recipe for the pie that still leads other meal sign offs by a wide margin apple fie 4 ah cups apples vt teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon I 1 teaspoon butter 4 teaspoon salt I 1 cup sugar line plate with pastry pare core and slice apples mix sugar salt and spice put part of sugar in bottom of plate plat filled with apples cover with remaining sugar dot over top with bits of butter I 1 moisten edges of lower crusts put on upper crust and press edges farm firmly together place pie on bottom shell or rack in oven and bake in hot oven degrees F tor for 10 minutes then reduce heat to degrees and bake until fruit is tender and juice begins to boll boil through tigh perforations in crust ne Ite lead leased by western newspaper per union |