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Show WINTER SHORTCAKE Did ou ever make an orange short cake? That is a good desert for winter win-ter days and is easily made as follows: fol-lows: - First make a good shortcake dough, as for a springtime strawberry short - tcake. An excellent rule for this reads as follows: Sift together one and one ( half cupfuls of flour, one and one-half ' heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Into ; this nib one-half cupful of shortening and thpn mix to a soft dougli with ; milk. BaUe in two pans or, if pre-:! pre-:! ferred. divide the dough into two ' equal parts, roll one out until it fits the pan, put it in carefully and brush ; f it over well with melted butter. Then roll out the other half of the dough and place upon the first part, i When it is all done the two sections . may bo split apart easily. Peel the , i oranges, being careful to remove all ol ; the white skin, and slice as thin as possible. In a saucepan put one cup-' cup-' ful of sugar and one-half cupful of I- i water or orange juice. Let this boil . a little, but not long- enough to candy. "; ' Pour the sirup over one well beaten I egg; beat as though it wore for sake I frosting. Fill and cover the shortcake short-cake with the sliced oranges and then , pour this mixture over the orange. I No other sauce is necessary. If the o)d fashioned shortcake is not wanted for this dish a simple layer cake may be made and filled and frosted in the same waj . |