Mulled Rice

1/2 cup rice 2 cups hot milk

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons grape juice

Wash rice, and cook with milk, butter, sugar, and salt in double boiler until tender; beat egg, add nutmeg and grape juice, stir into rice, and cook five minutes. Serve with cream or rich milk.

Peach Dumplings

Cover halves of preserved peaches with Shortcake Dough (see No. 441) rolled thin; bake in hot oven, and serve with hot peach syrup and hard sauce.

Baked Rice Custard

1 cup cooked rice

2 eggs

1/3 cup sugar

Pinch of salt 1 1/2 cups milk 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

Mix in order given and bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve hot or cold with cream or rich milk.

Apple Roulettes

Use recipe for Baking Powder Biscuit (see No. 424); roll dough very thin, brush with melted butter, and spread with one cup of chopped apple, mixed with one-fourth cup of sugar, and one teaspoon of cinnamon; roll firmly like a jelly roll, cut in three-fourths-inch slices, place in buttered pan, and bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes. Serve with hot liquid sauce.

Dutch Apple Cake

1 1/2 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

2 tablespoons melted shortening

3 apples

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar; add egg well beaten, milk, and shortening; beat well, and spread in a greased pan, having mixture about an inch deep; core, pare, and quarter apples, cut in thick slices, and arrange in rows on top of cake; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and bake in hot oven half an hour. Serve with liquid sauce.

Banana Toast

Mash and sweeten bananas, heap on rounds of buttered toast, and heat in oven. Serve hot with cream or rich milk. Garnish with split cherries, nuts, or bits of jelly.

Brown Betty

2 cups soft bread crumbs 4 tablespoons butter 4 apples

1/3 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon clove 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons molasses 2 tablespoons hot water 1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix crumbs with melted butter; pare, core, and slice apples; mix sugar and spices; arrange crumbs and apple in layers in a greased baking dish, sprinkle each layer with sugar; mix molasses, water, and salt, and pour over all. Bake slowly for an hour and a half.