Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 292, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1920 — MOTHER’S COOK BOOK [ARTICLE]

MOTHER’S COOK BOOK

To each man la given a day, and his work for the day; And once and no more, he la given to travel this way, . . J ’ And woe if he flies from hia task, whatever the odds; * B\>r the task is appointed. to him on the scroll of the gods. —Edwin Markham.

CHRISTMAS BWEETB.

This year, as the supply of sugar is ample, we may again indulge in some of the delicious home-made candies and cakes. In homes where there is an abundant supply of maple sirup and honey (if you keep a tree and a bee) you are independent as most dainty sweets may be made from these. Maple sirup makes the most creamy, fine flavored fondant if boiled undisturbed to the soft ball stage. Pourtas usual

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on a marble slab or buttered platter and when cold beat to a cream and finish in the usual manner. Pralines. • Boil one pound of dark brown sugar with just enough water to dissolve it, until it threads a fine strand from the end of a fork. Stir in oue pound of pecan meats and when evenly mixed drop by spoonfuls on a marble slab, or buttered platter. Flatten and round each, one and, when cool, take up and pack in a cool place. They keep any length of time if kept dry and cool. ~ Peanut Candy. Shell and roll with a rolllngjHn, gpe quart of peanuts. To two* pounds of light brown sugar add six ounces (twelve tablespoonfuls j of butter, boil stirring constantly ten mlhutes, counting the time from the first bubble. Add the nuts just before turning out Mark In squares before it gets hard. Molasses Candy. . Take three cupfuls of molasses, fine cupful of brown sugar, beat three minutes. 801 l until it hardens in water, add one tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of soda, and one tablespoonful of boiling water in which the soda is dissolved. Remove „ from the fire, pour on lettered plates and cool, Pull when cool enough to handle. , Peanut Butter Fudge. Place two cupfuls of sugar and twothirds of a cupful at milkin a granite sauce pan, stir until dissolved, then.

boil until the mixture forms a soft bail in cold water. Remove from the fire, add four tablespoonfuls of peanut butter, sfjr until melted then beat until creamy. Add one teaspoonful of vanilla and one-third of-a cujPof seedless raisins. Turn into a greased pan while it is still smooth enough to pack nicely. Cut in squares. Orange Straws. Weigh oranges whole and use pound for pound ot sugar. Peel the oranges and cut the rind in shreds. Boil until tender, changing the water twice and heat gradually to boiling point, then boll twenty minutes with the peel. Re. move from the pan and roll while hot In granulated sugar. Then place oc paper in the oven to dry. Keep in a tightly covered receptacle. WM " i « USS. Wwtern.N«y >H >iv Union.)