Show 7 10 Household New m RL R L m rc 0 p 7 1 0 Z THE HOLIDAY SEASON APPROACH ESI set recipes below one of the most important occasions in the years schedule of holidays Is the christmas dinner As homemakers it behooves us to crown it with a superlative dessert cakes fragrant with spices and rich with fruits and nuts are traditional christmas fare and are more than satisfying q as a finale to the least f e ast fruit cakes improve with age they become mellow and more flavorsome as the days go by so make them early and let them ripen until the holiday season arrives proper storage prevents fruit cakes from molding and drying out wrap the cooled cakes in wax paper and store in tightly covered tins pour a little wine or fruit juice over the cakes every week or so and when ready to be served they will be mellowed to the proper degree make out your christmas list now im sure you will find a few friends and relatives to whom you may send fruit cakes they will make charming gilts especially tor for those away from home and who have neither time nor the facilities to bake their heir own wrapped in cellophane and tied with a bow or fastened with eo colorful christmas seals th the e pac packaged k aged fruit cake is indeed lovely to look at and delightful to eat A box of christmas cookies of various shapes sizes and kinds will be an appreciated present for someone on an your list perhaps it is the kindly little old lady next door or the lonely old man down on the corner comer both of whom will thank you tor for your thoughtfulness christmas fruit cake makes 10 pounds 1 pounds currants 3 pounds seedless raisins I 1 pound citron I 1 pound mixed candied fruit I 1 pound candied pine pineapple a appl ppl I 1 pound candied cherries I 1 cup butter I 1 cup brown sugar a 6 eggs 4 cups pastry florrow flour I 1 teaspoon baking powder po der I 1 tablespoon cin cinnamon tiamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon nutmeg teaspoon cloves H A teaspoon salt I 1 cup fruit juice or wine cut fruits cream butter and add sugar add well beaten egg yolks mix and sift dry ingredients ingredient and add dd alternately with fruit juice or wine to the butter mixture add fruit fold in beaten egg whites place in baking pans lined with wax paper pape r cover pas pan with wax paper and steam 5 hours ra then bake I 1 hour in a slow oven degrees gum drop cookies 4 eggs 2 cups light brown sugar 2 cups flour I 1 cup nutmeats nut meats 56 chopped 18 large gum drops cut in small pieces beat eggs thoroughly add sugar and continue beating add flour and beat until smooth fold in nut meats and gum auni drops spread evenly in I 1 large or 3 2 medium sized greased baking pans bake in a moderate oven degrees fox for 20 minutes or until firm sprinkle with powdered sugar and cut into bars glace finish for fruit cakes 1 cups water 34 cup granulated sugar aj ounce gum arabic 4 teaspoons place sugar and water in a saucepan and boil to the thread stage degrees add gum arabic and heat again just to the boiling point after fruit cake has been baked remove from the oven and garnish with nuts and fruits as desired then pour the gum arabic mixture over the fruit cake in a thin stream and manipulate as lit tle tie as possible in order to avoid crystallization of 0 the glace white fruit cake makes 5 pound fruit cake 34 cup butter 2 cups sugar 7 eggs separated 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder vi teaspoon salt I 1 cup sweet milk I 1 teaspoon lemon extract I 1 pound white raisins pound figs pound blanched almonds vt 34 pound citron vt pound candied cherries pound candled candied pineapple cream butter and add sugar S separate ep eggs beat egg yolks and a add dd mix and silt sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk add lemon extract cut fruits and add blend well and fold in well beaten egg whites place in pans lined with wax paper and bake I 1 hour in a very slow oven degrees then increase heat lightly degrees and bake 2 hours more yuletide Yule tlde cookies makes 60 cookies cup butter I 1 cup light brown sugar beggs 2 eggs well beaten 2 cups flour vt teaspoon soda ya A teaspoon salt teaspoon nutmeg 14 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons of sour cream 1 te teaspoon asp oon vanilla extract A cup seedless raisins 14 cup candied cherries cut 14 cup citron cut fine ah cup dates cut fine cup pecan nut meats cut cream butter add sugar slowly and beat thoroughly add eggs mix and sift all dry ingredients and add alternately with cream and vanilla extract fold in fruit and nut meats chill thoroughly then break off to in small pieces form into balls flatten and place on greased cookie sheet bake in a moderate oven degrees tor for approximately 12 minutes orange and lemon christmas cookies makes about 5 dozen cookies 1 cup sugar 34 cup orange juice vi cup lemon juice I 1 teaspoon lemon peel grated 1 teaspoon orange peel grated 3 cups flour sifted 2 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt cup butter melted mix sugar and fruit juices well add grated peel dry ingredients and melted butter stir well dough should be firm enough to roll roll very thin and cut with fancy cutter in hi christmas shapes bake on a greased sheet in a moderately hot oven degrees for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges the dough may be chilled in the refrigerator for about a half hour to make the rolling simpler |