1/2 pound of dates 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup of molasses 1/2 cup sweet milk 1 2/3 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon allspice

Stone dates, and cut in small pieces. Melt butter add molasses and milk. Mix dry ingredients together and sift. Add to liquid. Lastly stir in dates. Turn in a buttered mould, and steam 1 1/2 hours. Serve with any good pudding sauce. Mrs. G. J. Shoenhaier

Hollywood, Gal.

Date Pudding No. 2

Mix 2 cups bread crumbs, 1 cup flour and 1 1/2 cups chopped suet, 2 cups dates, cut in pieces, 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoons baking powder. Mix well and add 2 eggs beaten in 1/4 cup milk. Put into a well greased mould and steam three or more hours. More steaming makes it darker and better. Serve hot with cream or sweet sauce. Makes a good Christmas pudding, or to serve at any time in place of plum pudding

Mrs. V. E. Metzler,

Coachella, Cal.

Date Pudding No. 3

1 cup molasses

1 cup milk

1/3 cup butter

3 cups flour (use part barley flour) 3/4 pound dates, cut in pieces

4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Melt butter and add to molasses and milk. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and spices and add to milk and molasses. Add dates. Put in a buttered mould, and steam 2 1/2 hours. Serve with pudding sauce.

Mrs. T. M. Miller,