Note

All measurements are level and flour is sifted once before measuring. One-half pint measuring cup is used.

Baking Powder Biscuits

2 cups flour.

4 teaspoons baking powder.

1/2 teaspoon salt.

1 tablespoon sugar.

4 tablespoons shortening.

3/4 cup milk.

Sift dry ingredients; rub or chop in the shortening. Add milk gradually, using a knife. Turn on slightly floured board and roll or pat into desired shape.

Old Fashioned Shortcake

Use baking powder biscuit recipe. Roll on floured board to fit round baking pan. Brush top with melted shortening or milk. Bake 15 minutes in a hot oven. Split and spread with butter and put fruit between and on top of shortcake. Serve with or without cream.

Shortcake can be made with any of the many berries, sliced bananas, oranges or canned fruit. If strawberries are used, they should be sweetened, placed on back of range and slightly crushed.

Prune Or Fruit Dumplings

Follow baking powder biscuit recipe. Roll dough as ror biscuits, but cut in 4 inch squares. In the center of each square place one or two cooked prunes with pit removed; bring the four points of the square together at the top and press edges together. Place in greased baking pan or muffin tins and bake in a hot oven. Serve with the prune juice boiled down until thick, adding 1 teaspoon of butter or a pudding sauce. Any other fruit may be used, either cooked or raw, apples being especially good.

Orange Turnovers

Follow baking powder biscuit recipe. Roll dough to about 1/4 inch in thickness, then cut in 4-inch squares. Place a spoonful of orange marmalade in the center of each square, then fold over diagonally and press edges firmly together. Place in a slightly greased pan, brush over the top with melted shortening and bake in a quick oven. Serve with a marshmallow sauce.

Plain Fruit Gobbler

Follow baking powder biscuit recipe. Grease a shallow pan, cover bottom with fruit or berries. With uncooked fruit, sweeten and add 2 tablespoons of flour to sugar to thicken the juice. Roll out dough 1/2 inch thick, place on fruit, brush over dough with melted shortening and bake in a moderate oven, if fruit is uncooked, and a hot oven for cooked fruit. Serve with a vanilla sauce.

Apples are particularly good in this cobbler.

Steamed Fruit Roll

Use baking powder biscuit recipe; roll to 1/2 inch thickness, cover with jam, roll up like a jelly roll, pinching dough together where it joins at the ends, to keep in the fruit. Place on well-greased plate and steam 1 hour. Serve with a hot pudding sauce or with sugar and cream.