Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1919 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

The life that is sharing in the interests, the welfare and the happiness of others, is one that is continually expanding in beauty and in power and, therefore, in happiness. Good Things for the Family. As the new apples are now in season, serve* them in other ways than as apple pie and sauce. Sliced green apples with one-third as many sliced onions cooked in a little sweet fat with water added as the moisture is evaporated makes a most appetizing dish to serve as a vegetable. Add sugar to soften the acid of the apple and salt and pepper if desired. Chopped Apple Fritters. Take one cupful of flour, half a cupful of sugar, three apples, one egg, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one cupful of milk and a pinch of salt. Mix as usual, stirring in the chopped apples at the last. Drop by spoonfuls in hot fat and serve rolled in sugar or with a hot sauce as dessert. Green apples are much better flavored if they are used unpeeled. Pineapple Jelly With Cream Cheese. Prepare the jelly as usual' and mold in small cups. Unmold on lettuce and serve i with the cteam cheese riced over the top. Garnish with salad dressing and serve cold. Parsley Potatoes. Cook smalj-sized uniform, new potatoes until well done, turn into a vegetable dish with enough butter to cover, sprinkle with minced parsley and serve at once. Oatmeal Cookies. "Take one cupful of shortening, ono cupful of sugar, twol cupfuls of flour and two cupfuls of rolled oats well browned and put through the meat grinder; one cupful of chopped raisins, half a cupful of broken nut meats; two eggs, half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a cupful of sweet milk, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and salt and a half - teaspoonful of grated nutmeg. Mix well and drop by small teaspoonfuls on a baking sheet. Raisin Muffins. Add to one-half cupful of raisins, one-half cupful of oatmeal, onefourth cupful of lard, one teaspoonful of salt and a half cupful of boiling water. When cool add half a cupful of cold water and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with flour to make a drop batter; do not beat. Drop into hot, greased muffin pans and bake in a hot oven. Sponge Cake Trifle. Cut a' slice of sponge cake and moisten with cherry juice and a few halves of cherries, put another slice on top and add more juice and cherries. Serve sprinkled with shredded almonds. Grape juice with a spoonful or two of lemon juice added to thin cream and sweetened to taste, then frozen, makes a beautiful frozen dish and one which tastes as good as it looks. / y