Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — MOTHERS’ COOK BOOK [ARTICLE]

MOTHERS’ COOK BOOK

The family must be fed, whatever food costs, and the wise mother will study how to get the greatest return on her investment by the careful selection of foods. Having purchased the foodstuffs, still further economy can - be effected by proper preparation and cooking. Wholesome Puddings. With sugar at the price at present as well as all syrups, the housewife who has honey made by her own bees is fortunate. There are many desserts which are just as good as those made with sugar. ——' Oatmeal Pudding. Take one-fourth cupful of pinhead oatmeal or rolled oats, one cupful of boiling water, one and one-fourth cupfuls of hot milk, two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, four tablespoonfuls of strained honey, one tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of vanilla and salt to taste. Cook the oats in water twenty minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and turn the mixture into a greased baking dish. Bake the pudding in a moderate oven for one hour. Serve with cream. Baked Rice and Apples. Remove the cores from tart apples, place the apples on a layer of bdßvd rice about an inch thick in a baking dish. Fill the cavity of each apple with rice, add one teaspoonful of butter and half a tablespoonful of honey for each apple and a little nutmeg for flavoring. Cover the dish and bake the pudding slowly until the apples are well cooked. Coconut and Marmalade Jelly. Take two and one-half tablespoonfuls of gelatin, cupful of water, one cupfuL of hot milk, onefourth cupful of orange marmalade, one cupful of canned coconut and one-half cupful of cold mUk. Honey to sweeten. Soak the gelatin in the cold water, then dissolve It In the hot milk. Beat it smooth with an egg-beater, add the marmalade and honey with the coconut and the cold milk. Pour into a mold and chill. The marmalade may be used to garnish the pudding instead of being molded in it.

Take three and one-half cupfuls of milk, heat until lukewarm, add half a cup of honey and one dissolved junket tablet. Stir until well mixed, and add a teaspoopful of vanilla. Pour into sherbet glasses apd let stand in a warm room until firm. then chill. Add one tablespoonful of cold water to the junket tablet to dissolve it. Serve with whipped cream. . Maple Toast. Beat two egg yolks until thick, add one-half cupful of maple syrup, one cupful of milk and a pinch of salt. Dip slices of bread In the mixture and fry until brown in a little fat In a frying pan. Serve with or without maple syrup.