Show housego 0 adnew ab summertime is picnic time and you pack up your troubles as you unpack your picnic kit perhaps one reason why a picnic is such a popular outdoor sport is because its preparations are so easy on the lady of the house sandwiches stuffed tomatoes or just small whole tomatoes with hard cooked eggs and a steaming cup of tea are a traditional picnic lunch and an easy meal if there ever was one no dishes to wash afterward paper cups and plates eliminate all such labor carry the tea in a thermos bottle if you like or brew it fisherman style over an open fire one hot dish is important at a picnic it might be stew or chowder baked beans or a macaroni i dish but do have something hot 1 there are pic nic hints and menus that like in my cook book easy entertaining theres a menu for a beach party a hiking trip and a steak fry too with all the rec recipes i pes need for this simple form of entertaining raisin drop cookies 24 cup butter cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup seedless raisins I 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract cream butter and add sugar gradually add eggs well beaten and mix thoroughly mix and sift dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk and vanilla beginning with the flour mixture add raisins drop from a teaspoon on a greased baking sheet and place a raisin on the top of each one bake in a moderate oven degrees for 12 to 15 minutes deviled eggs eg gs beggs 4 eggs hard cooked 14 teaspoon salt dash pepper 1 tablespoon butter melted teaspoon vinegar I 1 teaspoon prepared mustard cut the hard cooked eggs in halves crosswise remove yolks mash and add salt pepper melted butter vinegar and prepared mustard refill whites with this mixture 0 one ne dish meal for a picnic 1 pound country style sausage 2 medium size onions sliced 1 can lima beans 1 no 2 can tomatoes 1 teaspoon chill chili powder shape sausage into flat cakes and fry with the onions until the sausage is well done drain off all but vt cup of the fat add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes baked macaroni creole style serves 4 package macaroni 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons onion minced agreen 1 green pepper chopped ino 1 no 2 can tomatoes 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt vt pound country style sausage Vs cup soft bread crumbs buttered cook macaroni in boiling salted water brown onion slightly in in the butter add green pepper and tomatoes add sugar and salt and cook until the green pepper is tender make sausage into flat cakes in a buttered baking dish place a layer of macaroni then a layer ol of sausage cakes and another layer ot of macaroni pour the tomato mixture over the macaroni and top with buttered crumbs bake in a moderate oven degrees for about 45 minutes crazy cake I 1 cup sugar 1 egg Vs cup cocoa Vs cup lard teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder vt teaspoon soda I 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cups flour sifted 22 cup boiling water place all ot of the ingredients in a bowl in the order given do not stir until boiling water is added then beat 3 minutes using a rotary beater or 2 minutes it if ari electric mixer is used place in greased grea sed 8 inch square pan and bake 35 to 40 minutes in a moderately hot oven degrees let better baking solve your baking problems true it is we all have baking problems yet it if solved correctly we save time because fallen cakes dont have to be made over again and we save money too because the family simply wont eat tough chewy pastry heavy soggy cakes etc in fact it is to avoid just such baking failures as these and many more that I 1 have compiled this cookbook better baking better baking brings to you a whole series of baking hints as well as a compilation of many of my own favorite baking recipes including such unusual good to eat ones as a frosted nut spice cake gumdrop cake chocolate fudge cake quick apple cake and even a maraschino cherry cake to secure your copy of this book simply send 10 cents in coin Q and please address better baking care of eleanor howe north michigan avenue chicago illin illinois ois released by western newspaper union |