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size of Remove from pan immediately after taking from Cool on Egg Nog Virginia Sedgwick about To 6 well-beaten eggs H cup t teaspoon Vi teaspoon Vi teaspoon VS teaspoon Stir In 2 quarts orange Vi cup lemon Cut in 1 quart vanilla ice cream place in punch Pour 1 quart ginger ale over the ice Stir in egg mixture and sprinkle with French Hot Chocolate Blanche Murphy serves from 10 to Baker's baking 2 cup cup Combine and bring to Boil 5 Cool Whip Vs pint cream and add 1 Fold chocolate mixture into whipped Store in refrigerator until ready to To serve place 1 heaping teaspoon of chocolate mixture into each Fill with hot milk and Cream goes to the top and drink has a delicious Mixture may be made ahead of time and kept in CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MADE FROM EGG Buy a good grade of Punch hole with nail make opening large enough to get the yolk and white Wash the inside of the shell well and let Make the opening the desired size using the scissors for Do this when the egg is first removed before the shell gets Keep them until you have a number on hand before For on inside use fabric paint or Let Put thin coat of Elmer's glue on entire outside surface of Sprinkle with glitter and let Put angel hair or cotton inside egg or dacron bat if snow Is wanted to set the figurines Use glue for Figurines can be bought at Hobby Shops or cut from Christmas Around the edge of the opening put braid or lace to form a frame for the When dry stand egg on end against the box to hold in position and make braid loops to hang the ornament Put a few drops of glue where you want the loop and hold for a few if it shows where the loop was sprinkle with more Decoration With Egg Make small hole in each end of egg and blow out for Decorate with rick- Nut Balls Faye Jensen 2 cups white 2 cups brown cup white Karo 1 1 pint to soft ball When mixture begins to wipe crystals from side of pan several times with damp cloth wrapped around When pour tray and let cool not scrape Beat until mixture is creamy and loses Its Place in plastic bag and let stand overnight The next day form into balls cornstarch or powdered sugar to keep from sticking to Melt 1 pound milk chocolate Farmington or other clipping over hot Dip balls in melted chocolate and roll in chopped pecans or coconut Pecan Rolls Pecan rolls may be made with the same basic Instead of dipping into melted form creamed mixture into rolls and dip in melted caramel and then roll in i Mary 2 1 Vi cups apple 2 cups 1 cup 1 teaspoon Measure cup of the apple sauce and mix with 2 cups Bring to boiling point and boil for 10 Mix the remaining cup applesauce with the 2 tablespoons gelatin and let it stand 10 then add it to the boiling sugar mixture and boil it another 15 Stir the boiling candy frequently to prevent Remove from add nut meats and Pour into a lightly buttered loaf pan and let stand over Cut into squares and roll in powdered Food coloring may be added with the nuts and vanilla if English Toffee Jean Eldredge 1 cup Place in heavy frying When sugar is warm 2 warm water and 2 and glitter make loop as with egg in instructions Tennis Shoes From cut patch designs Accent with Iron shoe for If rubber welt of sole is coming add glue and rick-rack around A new pair of bright shoe laces will finish your new GIFT WRAPPING AND BOX COVERING PAPER To decorate 4 approximately 14 x 24 inches 2 tablespoons gloss 2 cups Food water or egg Small paint Little kitchen gadgets that will make little Dissolve the starch in cup cold and add 1 cups boiling Stir well to avoid cook until clear and let cool until Divide into separate batches and tint desired Spread newspapers on and on them lay the sheets of plain paper to be white shelf of wrapping paper not too Brush the solution over the Use fingers or gadgets to make designs and sprinkle a little glitter over the Leave sheets spread out until Press face down with a warm WASTE BASKET Used Ice Cream Sawdust Very thick uncooked paste of flour and Spray flowers or weeds if Smear part of the paste on a a portion at a time to make the surface more for the sawdust Mix sawdust in remaining using enough so that the mixture is still Sticky but has a good Then work the sawdust mixture on the carton surface about one fourth inch If it slides work it back up to the it won't stay to it may be too thin or if it doesn't the flour paste Is either too dry or has too much Cover carton with sawdust arid while butter cut In small Stir constantly over medium heat until a golden brown Have chopped walnuts or spread in bottom of a x Pour hot mixture over and spread Spread melted chocolate over Use large Hershey bar or 1 cup chocolate Mark Into squares while Break Into pieces when it sets Fabulous Fudge Reta Lott 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup butter or Package miniature 2 cups chopped 4 cups white 1 large can evaporated 1 tablespoon Combine chocolate nuts in a large Blend sugar with evaporated milk and softened butter or Cook at rolling boil for six Remove from Add Pour into bowl with and Stir until Pour Into buttered Let stand 24 hours to five Christmas Pudding Candy Melba Hanson 2 2 seedless 1 1 1 3 cups 2 cups 1 3 white Karo 1 Chop all fruit Cook cream and Karo to soft ball when tried in cold Add butter and vanilla and When whip until creamy and pour over mixed fruit When well roll onto damp cloth and form into a loaf the size of a meat Wrap in the then again In waxed Put away to ripen as fruit cake in the Slice when ready to Peanut Brittle Leah Nielson 3 c. 1 c. white 1 c. Cook without stirring to degrees or soft ball Add 3 c. raw Cook to hard ball stage stirring Cook another 10 Add Yi cube Take from Add 1 Vi 1 Mix and pour into buttered Caramels Gladys Drollinger 2 cups 1 cup 1 square butter or cup white Karo Boil down and then add 1 more cup Cook to or to almost hard ball Pour into x pan for caramel Pour on cookie sheet and spread with marshmallow and fine then roll up and English Toffee Blanche Murphy 1 cup white 1 cup brown 1 cup dark Karo 1 can Eagle Brand milk Mix and cook over medium heat in heavy stirring Cook until it is golden brown and forms a medium hard ball in cold Stir in 1 cup chopped Pour on buttered platter When cold break in Divinity Midge 3 cups cup cold cup White Karo dash of salt dash of Cream of 1 Boil until it forms hard ball in cold water and you can hear it crackle in the bottom of the cup when Immediately pour over three stiffly beaten egg whites Add vanilla and continue Add heaping cup of chopped When stiff enough drop by teaspoon on waxed |