Show nut use une in cooking home economists of U S department mon t of agriculture offer a few suggestions tor for using nuts in cooking in pastry pecans ground fin n may iny substitute for hall half the fat mix mil a and nd bake like plain pastry chopped nuts added to biscuits mu muffins fains waffles or cookies give flavor and a crisp note usually 14 34 to vt cup chopped nuts to each cup of flour is a good allowance nuts added to the batter make a plain cake or cottage pudding richer in a cake batter vt cup of nuts to each cup of flour is likely to be plenty nuts in a baked mixture tend to absorb moisture and make the finished product dry so when using a large proportion of nuts pl place aco the nuts first arst in boiling water a few minutes then drain and add them to the mixture in the usual way |