Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1918 — DO YOU KNOW OATMEAL? [ARTICLE]

DO YOU KNOW OATMEAL?

t Of course, you know it is a good ■breakfast food, but it is even better

Excellent puddings. Wholesome bread and cookies. • An appetizing soup for a cold day. Baked dinner dish in place of meat To cook oatmeal, stir slowly two and one-half cupfuls of rolled oats into five cupfuls of boiling water which has in it two and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt. Cook for One hour or over night in a double boiler or fireless cooker. This will serve five people. If you want it for two meals, cook twice the amount to save time and fuel. Delicious Oatmeal Puddings. Do you know that oatmeal makes delicious puddings and other good things? Try one when you have a light dinner or supper. Oatmeal Betty. Two cupfuls oatmeal. Four apples cut up small. One-half cupful raisins. One-half cupful sugar. One-fourth teaspoonful cinnamon.

Mix and bake for one-half hour. Serve hot or cold. Any dried or fresh 'fruits, dates, or ground peanuts may be used instead of apples. Either will serve five people. Scotch Soup. With bread and dessert it is enough for lunch or supper. Two and one-half quarts water, one and one-quarter cupfuls rolled oats. Five potatoes cut in small pieces. Two onions, sliced, two tablespoonfuls flour. Two tablespoonfuls fat. , Boil the water and add the oatmeal, potato, and onion, one-half tablespoonful of salt and one-half teaspoonful pepper. Cook for one-half hour. Brown the flour with the fat and add to the soup. Cook until thick. One cupful of tomato adds to the flavor. Serves five people. Oatmeal Bread is delicious with all meals —try it. One cupful milk or water, one teaspoonful salt. Two and one-half cupfuls wheat flour. One cupful rolled oats. Scald the liquid, add salt and pour over the oats, cool half an hour, add the yeast mixed with one-quarter cupful lukewarm water, and the flour. Knead and let rise until double the size. Knead again and let rise in the pan until the size is,doubled. Bake in a moderate oven for 50 minutes. Makes one loaf weighing one and one-quarter pounds. Spiced Oatmeal Cakes. The whole family wilLlike these, and they are easily made. One and one-half cupfuls flour. One-half cupful cooked oatmeal, onequarter cupful sugar. One-quarter cupful raisins, f>nequarter teaspoonful soda. One-half teaspoonful baking powder. One-half teaspoonful cinnamon. Three tablespoonfuls fat, one-quar-ter cupful molasses. Heat the molasses and fat to boiling. Mix with all the other materials. Bake in muffin pans for 30 minutes. This makes 12 cakes. Especially crisp and good as well as cheap are: #

Scotch Oat Crackers. Two cupfuls rolled oats. One-quarter cupful milk, one-quarter cupful molasses. One and one-half tablespoonfuls fat One-quarter teaspoonful soda. One teaspoonful salt. Grind or cnysh the oats and mix with the other materials. Roll out in a thin sheet and cut in squares. Bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Makes three dozen crackers. Instead of meat, cook this appetizing dish for your family: Baked Oatmeal and Nuts. Two cupfuls cooked oatmeal. One cupful crushed peanuts. One-half cupful milk. One teaspoonful vinegar. One-quarter teaspoonful pepper. Two and one-half teaspoonfuls salt. Mix together and bake in a greased pan 15 minutes. This is enough for five people. Oatmeal Is a good, inexpensive, nutritious food.