Show C J 00 e 1 Homemade Presents Are Sure to Please I Discriminating Friends A pAY DAY or two or three spent in the kitchen Instead of out among Christmas crowds will yield several lovely as well as 81 edible presents to give your closest friends Most people are so 80 busy around the holidays not only with shopping but with entertaining enter enter- taming that food presents will be really welcome Think how nice ItIs Itis it itis is to receive some colorful Jelly to serve with Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas dinner or a homemade coffee cake done up in ingala ingala ingala gala wrappings I Make a gift gilt list of food presents then bring the recipes and deride decide decide de de- cide ride just how much of each to make Wrap prettily and deliver just as yuu you would other presents Keep a afew afew afew few extra boxes of food gifts to give just lust in m case someone you'd forgotten forgot forgot- ten drops in unexpectedly If you put up a lot of jellies jams and preserves during the summer bring these out and wrap in gay paper and tie with fancy bows Even one jar makes a perfectly delightful delightful de de- present For more elaborate presents you might want to give several jars on ona ona ona a tray that may be used for relishes or sandwiches S e eJUST JUST IN CASE you do not have enough jars of jelly from summer here are some recipes to replenish the supply Cranberry Jam Makes lakes 13 ounce 6 glasses 7 cups prepared fruit 3 cups sugar 3 c cups ps light corn syrup 1 box powdered fruit pectin To prepare fruit add four cups water to about three and one fourth pounds of fully ripe cranberries Bring to a boil and simmer covered covered covered cov cov- ered for 10 minutes Sieve pulp to remove seeds if it desired For spiced cranberry Jam simmer fruit with one-half one teaspoon ground cloves and one teaspoon cinnamon 4 t Presents made In m your kitchen reflect your Interest and thoughtfulness thoughtfulness thought thought- to the recipient of the gift especially If U yon you give ga gay and colorful colorful col col- colorful Jars of Jellies and other canned goods Use some of the stock you put up this summer for gifts guts or one one and one half teaspoons of any desired combination of spices Measure sugar and corn syrup into a dry bowl and set aside until needed Measure prepared fruit Into in into into In- In to a five to six quart kettle filling up the last cup or fraction of cup with water If it necessary Place over hottest fire Add powdered fruit fruit V J i pectin mix well a and continue stirring stirring stir stir- sr 1 ring until mixture I comes to a hard 1 boil Pour in sugar and syrup at once E stirring constantly To reduce foaming one fourth teaspoon butter may be added Continue stirring bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard one minute Remove from fire skim pour quickly Paraffin hot jam at once Apricot Jam 1 pound dried apricots 1 Yz cups sugar 1 cup seedless raisins i cup water In which apricots were soaked 1 orange Wash apricots and soak in water enough to cover for Cor one hour Slice orange fine tine and cut each slice in infine infine infine fine pieces Mix all ingredients to to- gether Cook slowly until thickened Fill jelly glasses and seal with paraffin at once Pear Pur and Apple COD Conserve erve 9 hard lard pears 6 tart apples I LYNN SAYS Make Wrappings Gay For Made home Gifts Plum puddings can be given away In small colorful bowls or molds with the paper over the top The scallop treatment around the paper gives a festive effect When youre you're giving away cookies in A B round roud flat tin box make ItI it decorative by placing a lacy frill trill around the edge of the cover A Areal Areal Areal real holly sprig on top will show showoff showoff off oft much better if U placed on a small lace doily 1 lemons H pound pound preserved ginger Vi pint water Sugar Pare quarter and core pears Pare apples core and cut crosswise crosswise cross cross- wise Into one inch slices Grate rind of lemons and add juice to the water Cut ginger in small pieces For every pound of fruit allow one pound of sugar Boll Boil sugar and water water wa wa- ter to a syrup then add remaining ingredients and boil 45 minutes or until thick and clear Place in r ray mow This Christmas tree coffee cake will make a welcome present for neighbors or close friends because because because be be- cause Its It's good to eat as well as asvery asvery asvery very festive appearing To make it use a yeast dough recipe given In the column and decorate with candied candled red and green cherr cherries es to give the effect of lights sterilized cans or jars and seal at once Christmas Tree Coffee Cake Makes 1 tree cake 1 cup ready t ready eat eat bran 1 cup scalded milk V 4 cup shortening f W cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt sait 1 cake compressed yeast or 1 package granular yeast 1 egg well beaten 2 23 cup sifted flour Dour Combine bran milk shortening sugar and salt Stir until shortening shortening shortening shorten shorten- ing is melted then cool to luke luke- warm Soften yeast in this mixture Add egg Stir In m flour to make a soft dough cover Let stand ten minutes Knead on lightly floured surface Place in m a greased bowl Cover and let rise in m a warm place until doubled in bulk Punch down Form dough into a long rope or roll about one inch thick swirl back and forth on a cookie sheet In shape of a pine pinetree pinetree tree reserving a small portion of the dough to use for the trunk of i the tree Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk Bake in a moderate degree oven for about 25 minutes When cool frost with uncooked icing made out of powdered sugar and anda a little milk and decorate with candied candied candied can can- died cherries to represent lights on a tree 0 HERE IS an excellent fruit bread to have on hand for the holidays because it will keep fresh for weeks if U kept wrapped in waxed paper and placed in m a tin Slice it thin and use for sandwiches It makes a lovely gift Fruit Bread Oread Makes 3 loaves 12 eggs 3 cups sugar 6 cupa flour 2 tablespoons baking powder 2 cups chopped seedless raisins 2 cups chopped walnuts 1 cup chopped candied candled orange peel Beat the eggs and sugar together for 10 minutes on an electric mixer Hand beating will take an hour so ISO you'll have to enlist help from the youngsters Fold in the flour and baking powder which have been sifted sifted sift sift- I ed together Add the fruits mixed and floured with a bit of extra flour Bake in greased loaf pans in a slow degree oven for one hour This is a nice bread for a gift Its It's rich and h has s a distinctive flavor because of the walnuts Serve it for sandwiches when entertaining rather than for a meal Released by Features Make or buy biscuit and pastry mixes and store in the refrigerator to have them ready for quick use Make it easy to stuff your holiday bird by getting crumbs ready early and storing them in glass jars Round cereal boxes such as those in which oatmeal comes may be covered with candy striped paper and filled with cookies cookle Childrens Children's goodies can be given away in small socks Put in a red candy cane for color and tie the sock with a red green or colorful ll bow |