Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1950 — Page 27

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Reader Contributes Recipe to Serve Both Party Guests and Family Alike 5 the New Year's Eve party scheduled to breakfast the first morning of 1951 in your home? Today

we ‘print an old-fashioned, typically midwestern buckwheat cake recipe you can make ahead of time. The fluffy golden cakes inspire real nostalgia. And your own household will ask for repeats again and again on cold winter mornings. Thanks, Mrs. D. C. D,, for your suggestion.

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homemaki : - “Our Readers Write,” The Indianapolis Times. Merry Christmas! ; BUCKWHEAT CAKES Mix two cups of McKenzie's pure buckwheat flour and two cups of bread flour. Add enough water, sour milk or potato “water to make thick batter. 3 Dissolve one compressed yeast cake in one-fourth cup water, Add yeast to batter, stir thoroughly and let stand in crock (large enough to let batter double in bulk) overnight in cool place.

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Before baking, dissolve one-half teaspoon soda in one table- |

spoon of hot water. Add to enough batter to make 12 to 15 cakes, (Ordinarily save one cup of original batter as starter for next batch of cakes when all you do is add more flour and — sufficient water to set batter overnight again.)

Also add one-half teaspoon salt; one tablespoon brown sugar - sirup and enough sweet milk to thin down batter for easy use.

Bake on greased griddle, melting lump’ of butter, walnut size, to add to batter before baking. For family use reset batter each night by using the one cup of -original mix saved and adding one-cup each of McKenzie's pure buckwheat flour and bread flour, or more, according to size

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batter in crock to first level. This reset process may be repeated throughout the entire winter season. Keep batter covered and chilled between usings. Mrs. D’s footnote says this is perfect with sausage in any form, is a famous order in old Kentucky eating places. : * * 0% - DEAR ORW: Do you suppose any of your readers would have two or more crystal goblets; Bridal Wredth pattern? T'm interested. Here is a suggestion that may help a homemaker. Wrap the handle of your garbage can cover with wax paper. In this cold weather, your hand won't freeze to it when you carry it outdoors. Mrs. H. & Morrow. *

DEAR ORW: In answer to Mrs. F. K.'s offer for two covered: bowls in Pope Grosser china? How much do you want? Also I collect glass compotes and would like to hear from anyone who has any of these for sale. Mrs. G. D. Wood.

Holiday Cookies : EAR ORW: In answer to Mrs. Carl Fischer I am inclosing a recipe for a delightful holiday cookie called Mexican wedding cake. tractive. There's also a plum pudding recipe. ’

Sawyer. : E MEXICAN WEDDING CAKE

Mix together one-half pound or one cup butter, one cup powdered sugar, two cups sifted flour, one-half cup crushed pecans (coarse) and one teaspoon vanilla, Divide dough into three parts. Color one part pink, one green and eave one yellow. Roll into small balls (the size of a marble) and roll in powdered sugar. Place three balls (one « of each color) together for one cookie and drop one or two silver candy beads in the center of each cookie. Bake at 250 degrees F. for 40 minutes,

DELICIOUS PLUM PUDDING

2c ground suet 1 tbsp. finely cut lemon.peel 2 c. bread crumbs 1 tsp. cinnamon hl 2 c. flour 1 tsp. ginger 2 aps. baking powder 14 tsp. ground cloves 2¢ r : . 14 tsp. ground nutmeg 2c. ga raisins 14 tsp. grated nutmeg 2 c, currants 14 tsp. grated mace 1 ec. finely cut citron 1 tbsp. salt 1 c. finely cut figs 1 c. water

1 tbsp. finely cut orange peel 1 c. grape or other fruit juice Fill mold (well greased) two-thirds full and é “six Hours” Serve with hard or lemon sauce, - » = ” DEAR ORW: Miss 0. C. might ry this formula to remove the mildew from her aluminum ware. It will clean and brighten

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at the same time. Make a paste of Borax and water, adding a few |

drops of ammonia. Use fine steel wool to clean the rough spots. Someone asked for a white cake recipe some time ago. I secured this one 30 years ago from my mother-in-law and have never found one I liked better. Like all old-time cooks she just put it in a bowl all at one time and beat it well. I mixed it the new way but hers was just as good.

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31% e. flour 14 c. butter 2 c. sugar 4 egg whites, beaten 3 tsps. baking powder Pinch salt 1 c. sweet milk Flavoring -

This recipe makes three layers. -However, I- use vegetable-

“in place of butter and the layers can be colored to

—shortening make a ribbon cake. An excellent icing using the egg yolks follows. It's enough for between, the top and sides of a three-layer cake. Combine four egg yolks, three and one-half cups sifted powdered sugar, one-fourth. teaspoon salt, one and one-half tea-

spoons flavoring, one-half cup cream. _Then add _one-halt sup | 2

shortening: and beat until creamy. Mrs, Ernest c. Beamer: Flora.

Slices oh cheddar bse or apple pie. APPLE PIE, a perennial favorite, is even better during the .apple plentiful season. Apples are more tasty then. For best results try a few well-tested hints. Bake briefly at a high temperature to keep the crust crisp and finish bak‘ing at a moderate temperature “to bake the apple filling without .overbrowning the crust. Pastry makes the pie." When shortening is cut into the flour until the bits of shortening are -the size of small peas, sprinkle just enough cold water over different parts of the mixture so that light tossing with a fork

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will: make a dry and crumbly dough. APPLE PIE Pastry: 3 2 c. sifted enriched flour 1 tsp. salt 23 c¢. shortening

‘3 to 5 tbsps. cold. water Sift together flour and salt.

Cut or rub in shortening. Add water, Mix into dry crumbly dough. Toss on floured pastry cloth. Press dough together. Roll out about one-eighth inch thick. Line pie papywith pastry. Fill with apple filling. Moisten edge of pastry. Cover apples with top pastry and trim edges.

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A Budget Buy - By GAYNOR MADDOX OUR PRESENT pork crop is the the third largest in history— - 180 let's make the most of that} budget situation. PORK AND VEGETABLE PIE | Two-thirds cup cubed carrots, two-thirds cup cubed potatoes, one; . small onion, sliced, meat gravy, jone cup cooked pork, rich biscut dough i Cook the vegetables in boiling {salted water until almost tender. {Drain. Add some of the cooking| liquid to the gravy if needed to

Mix vegetables, pork and gravy! together. Heat thoroughly and pour into a baking pan. Make a rich biscuit dough with one cup sifted flour, one teaspoon baking! powder, one-quarter teaspoon salt, | one-quarter cup fat and about

imake a soft dough. { Cut biscuits and arrange on top ‘of meat mixture. Bake in hot

Flute edges with thumb and &bout 15 minutes. Serves four,

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‘oven (450 degrees F.) 10 to 15 | minutes. Reduce to a moderate, | oven (350 degrees. F.) and con- | tinue baking 30 minutes or until | apples are tender. {

milk. Luncheon: Split pea soup, ¢routons, ‘crackers, ham sandwiches, baked apples, cookiés,

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Filling: New Year's Day Dinner: 1%; gts. apples Oyster soup, crackers, two 1 c. sugar roast “all purpose” chickens,

2 tbsps. flour 1 tsp. cinnamon | Peel and. quarter apples. Mix | flour, sugar and cinnamon to- | gether. Makes one nine- inch | two-crust pie.

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celery, two tablespoons green pepper, two ‘and. one-hait

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stirring constantly, and cook until thick. Mix pickle relish, ‘celery and |green pepper with potatoes. Add the hot dressing and mix lightly, ‘but thoroughly. Turn into baking idish, cover and heat in oven Dpkine [30 degrees F. (moderate) about |

20 minutes.

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