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Show Mince Meat Is Not For Pies Alone By J0SEPI11SE B. Ginsoy Director, Home Economics Vtpt, H. J. Ileitis Company MINCE meat pie ii a traditional tradi-tional winter holiday delicacy. deli-cacy. But has it, ever occurred to you that mince meat is suited to a wide variety of uses other than this time honored one? Busy housew ces will be glad to learn that many pleating cakes, cookies and pastries may be made . quickly with it, for good mince meat is a combination of choice preserved fruits and finest spices ready to use without further preparation. prep-aration. A prifcrtly spiced, rich fruit rake which will keen indefinitely I I i is one of the most delicious things made from mince meat. This can he nnde merely by adding a few simple ingredients to pure mince fore baking, instead of assembling and preparing all the fruits and spices ordinarily needed need-ed for a good fruit cake. Here is the recipe .for this tielicious Mince Meat Fruit Cake to one-pound one-pound can uf p":t -nnre mrat sdd: 1 cup nut mratit; pound raiuni; 1 tea- i fji'ion vanilla; H rep melted butter; 1 i cup iuKr; 2 eitK yollt; 2 cups flour; 1 tfusp.toMf.il taking amis diatolfed in 1 tablespr 'i boiling water; 2 aiiftly beaten 1 egg Wluiea. Mix ingredients in order given and bake in a well-greased floured ) loaf-cake pan in a slow oven for I about one hour. Frost with boiled 1 frosting. Sprinkle with nuts and i raisins. Similarly, drop cookies made 1 from t . . 1 1 -e meat are fruity, spicy, ( and altogether delicious. They ) , are particularly fine for packed lunches, for they keep moist and fresh almost indefinitely. j Mince Meal Drops - 14 cup butteri ' cup acg'ir: 1 ci,'; 1 cup mince in 'at; f 1 ; i cups Hour; teapooiu bakief powder. ' Cream butter and add suar, ' beaten egg, mince meat, and flour and baking powder which have J been sifted together. Drop by tea-poeuis on a buttered baking ' sheet and bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes. This makes three . dozen cookies. Mind Meal Turnover Cake ' 23 rup butter; 114. enpa sugar; 1 cup a milk; 4 eiu.4; 3!4 cup flour; 1 kapooa C fait; 5 truoon l,.il:i:iir powilt-r: 1 eus ( mince meat; cup granulated lu.-ir. . Cream butter and add suirar and j beaten eggs. Mix and sift flour, e bakitlff powder and salt, and add f to "first mixture alternately with c tye milk, stirr::ij to a mio-ith h batter. Butter a shallow, square or oblong baking pan. Sprinkle pan with sugar and line with mince meat. Turn batter over mince meat, and bake in a moderately, mod-erately, hot oven 45 to 50 minutes. Serve hot, with whipped cream; or lemon or vanilla sauce. Mince Meat Tarts j eup, aw, 4 teaspoona baking powder; 1 tcaapooa aslti 3 tableapoona larcf or butter; cup milk and water in equal parts; .1 pound can or jar of mince meat. Mix dry ingredients and sift twice. Work in fat with tips of fingers and then add the liquid gradually, mixing with knife to a soft dough. Toss on lightly floured board, patting to Vi inert thickness. Spread with mince meat, and roll as for jelly roll With a sharp knife, cut into one inch lengths pinch one end of each roll together and place that end down on the baking sheet. This prevents the escape of any of the mince meat while baking. Bake in a moderate oven (375 ) for 15 to 20 minutes. Another suggestion the entire family will approve is for the use of mince meat in a new and delightful dessert for any season of the year! It is Mince Meat Sundae- -To make a delicious fruit sundae, heat a can of mince meat in a can of hot water for from 25 to 30 minutes. Open can and serve mince meat as a hot sauce on vanilla ice cream. If the mince meat is in a glass package, loosen top slightly end heat in a pan of water, being careful that the water does not come high enough to get into the jnr. Mince meat sundaes are an excellent Thanksgiving dessert for the family which docs not care for a too rich finish to A heavy dinner. |