Show TC y desserts that are different build up your menu to an interesting climax with a new and delicious dessert desserts really play an important part in the menu and in nutrition too sweets provided in proper amounts and in the proper place in the diet are just as necessary to good nutrition as milk meat fruits vegetables and cereals plan the dessert to fit the menu a light sweet for the close of a hearty dinner and a richer heavier dessert to wind up the meal that is fairly simple consider the weather too and when its hot and humid serve sweets that are temptingly dainty when the temperature drops and appetites perk up accordingly desserts may be sweeter richer and more substantial find in this collection of tested recipes from my own kitchen a dessert for almost any occasion queen of puddings 2 cups milk I 1 cup soft bread crumbs 1 tablespoon butter melted 2 egg yolks well beaten 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract dash salt currant jelly 2 egg whites va cup granulated sugar scald milk and pour over the soft bread crumbs add melted butter and allow the mixture to stand 10 minutes then beat egg yolks and add to the mixture together with 3 tablespoons sugar the vanilla extract and the salt pour this mixture into a buttered baking dish place in in a pan of hot water I 1 and bake in a slow oven degrees fahrenheit for 45 50 minutes or until custard is firm cool and spread with a layer of currant jelly or strawberry jam cover with meringue made by beating egg whites and adding sugar slowly brown meringue in a slow oven degrees fahrenheit for 18 minutes serve hot warm or cold lemon meringue pie scup 1 cup sugar va cup cornstarch 24 teaspoon salt cup cold water cup boiling water begg 3 egg yolks 1 tablespoon butter vi 14 cup lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind comline combine sugar cornstarch and salt add cold water stir until smooth add boiling water and cook stirring constantly until mixture is cl clear ear and thick cook 3 minutes longer ea beat egg yolks stir cooked mixture into them add remaining ingredients return to flame flam and cook 1 minute pour immediately into baked pie shell top with meringue steamed chocolate pudding serves 5 1 cups pastry flour 14 teaspoon salt vt teaspoons baking powder 1 squares bitter chocolate 3 tablespoons butter vt cup sugar 1 egg Vs cup milk vt teaspoon vanilla extract vanilla or peppermint candy ice cream sift flour salt and baking powder melt chocolate and butter in double boiler and pour in bowl cool slightly then add sugar unbeaten egg milk and vanilla extract beat well add sifted dry ingredients and stir until smooth pour into top of a well greased double boiler and steam for 1 hours serve with ice cream graham cracker ice cream 1 cup graham cracker crumbs cup sugar 2 cups coffee cream 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract combine the cracker crumbs and the sugar add cream milk and vanilla pour the mixture into the freezing container 0 of a modern ice cream freezer i assemble the freezer and cover pack with a mixture of 3 parts of crushed ice to 1 part of rock salt turn the crank slowly and steadily for about 5 minutes or un til turning becomes difficult then carefully remove the cover lift out the dasher and pack down the ice cream with a spoon replace the cover draw off the water and replenish with ice and salt cover and allow to harden for at least an hour before serving good old pan dowdy 1 cup light molasses vi 24 teaspoon allspice vi 14 teaspoon clove Vs va teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons cinnamon apples cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter rich pastry combine molasses and spices arrange pared and sliced apples in a baking dish sprinkle with sugar and dot with butter pour molasses mixture over this and cover with a rich pastry rolled rather thick bake in a moderate oven degrees for about 45 minutes then cut the baked pastry top in 2 inch squares and push them down in the molasses and apple mixture let cool slightly serve with thick cream send for this clever book turn to eleanor howes easy to use homemaking guide household hints for the answers to those tricky questions which pop up even in the best run households how to prevent cereals from lumping how to wash feather pillows or adjust curtain tie backs how to remove mildew from colored clothing find the answers to these and many other puzzling questions in eleanor howes book household hints send 10 cents in coin to household hints care oi of eleanor howe north michigan avenue chicago illinois to get your copy of household hints now perhaps it literally true that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach but good wholesome food attractively served goes a long way toward keeping him healthy and happy next week eleanor howe will tell you about foods men like to eat and will give you some of her own recipes which are favorites with men tHe released leased by western newspaper union |