Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1910 — Baked Apple Dumplings. [ARTICLE]

Baked Apple Dumplings.

Make a stiff paste of two cupfuls flour, two tablespopnfuls lard or twothlrds of a cup of butter (It is nicer), a teaspoonful salt and one of baking powder. Rub all together and moisten. Do not knead. Roll out one-eighth inch thick, cut up in squares and fill with pared and quartered apples to fold over and make like snowballs Bake as pies. Make sweet boiled sauce and serve hot. Hot Water Gingerbread. One cupful of molasses, one tea spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of ginger, one tablespoonful of butter or lard (a pl"ch of salt if you use lard). Stir this together-and pour on a half cupful of boiling water and add one

I pint of flour. Bake In a sheet tin. is ve”y nice if pains are taken to have the water boiling and to beat it well after the flour is added. ■ . ' ■*. -i A Good Whitewash. A good whitewash for inside work, one that will not scale or rub off, is made in this way: Into a gallon of sweet milk stir air slaked lime until the mixture is a little thicker than cream: tint any color desired, using lake colors in powder. Add a cupful Of spirits of turpentine, stir well and apply with a soft paint brush.