This section is from the book "Lessons In Cooking Through Preparation Of Meals", by Eva Robeeta Robinson. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in Cooking Through Preparation of Meals.
Baked Apples
Farina - Cream And Sugar
Date Muffins Coffee
Wash and core 6 medium-sized apples, Jonathan preferred. Place in a baking pan, fill the centers with sugar, and sprinkle 1/4. c more sugar over and around them. Also add 1/2 c hot water and 1 T butter. Bake in a moderate oven until tender, about 30 m.
Cream 1/3 c butter, add 1/4 c sugar and 1/4 pound dates, chopped fine. Add alternately 1 egg, beaten and mixed with 3/4 c milk, and 1 3/4 c flour, sifted with 4 t baking-powder. Bake in a hot oven about 25 m.
Use 3/8 farina, 2 c boiling water, 1/2 t salt (p. 17, under Cream of Wheat).
Reheat the cereal, then quickly prepare the apples and place in the oven. Make the Muffins and while baking make the coffee and prepare the table. The apples may be baked on Saturday, but are especially nice when freshly baked.
Serve the fruit, then the cereal, and lastly, the muffins and coffee.
 
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