Popular Dishes | by Emily Marian Colling
In presenting these recipes to the public I desire to state that I lay little claim to originality, simply offering a collection of popular recipes of both my own and others as used in my lectures.
| Title | Popular Dishes |
| Author | Emily Marian Colling |
| Publisher | Derrick Publishing Co. |
| Year | 1906 |
| Copyright | 1906, Emily Marian Colling |
| Amazon | Popular dishes |
To The Public- Having received so many requests for recipes from all parts of the country where I have had the pleasure of appearing- as lecturer and demonstrator, I have deemed it advisable to compile this little b...
- How To Cook Popular Dishes
- How To Cook With Gas Gas for cooking purposes is every year becoming more popular, and no wonder, for it is an ideal fuel. In warm weather where a gas range is used, one can cook without the discomf...
- How To Plank Fish
- When using a gas range, one is enabled to serve planked shad or white fish, delicacies which only the possessors of gas ranges can indulge in. Have a piece of hard wood (oak or hickory) about one and...
- How To Broil Fish
- Five minutes before putting the fish into the broiling oven light both burners; grease the broiling rack to prevent the fish from sticking, place the fish on the rack, skin side down, sprinkle with sa...
- How To Broil Steak
- Gas is the ideal fuel for broiling. When properly done, the meat is juicy, tender and delicious. To secure these results the following directions should be carefully carried out. Buy a steak at least...
- How To Roast Meat
- With a gas range, one may have meat roasted, which is not possible in an ordinary range. For this the broiling oven must be used, and the door left open all during the process, unless the door contain...
- How To Fry On A Gas Range
- Frying may be done more perfectly and with much greater ease and comfort (especially in hot weather) over gas, than with any other fuel, as one has such perfect control over it and can keep the fat at...
- How To Bake Bread And Rolls
- Five or ten minutes before the oven will be needed for baking, light both burners and before putting the articles to be baked into the oven, regulate the flame so as to obtain the desired amount of he...
- How To Bake Pastry
- Few things require as much care in baking as pastry. Before baking it should be thoroughly chilled. Light the oven burners ten minutes before putting in the pastry and in five minutes regulate the hea...
- How To Bake Cakes
- Fully ten minutes before the cake is ready for the oven, light the front burner and in five minutes regulate the flame to furnish the desired amount of heat. A loaf cake containing butter requires a ...
- How To Toast
- Toasting by gas is done quickly and easily. Light the oven burners, then cut the bread the desired thickness (one-half inch, unless otherwise preferred). Place it on the broiling rack and run into th...
- How To Make Soups
- How To Make Soup Stock One shin of beef, five quarts of cold water, one onion, one small carrot, one turnip, two bay leaves, one sprig of parsley, twelve cloves, one stock of celery, one level tables...
- How To Make Tomato Soup
- One quart of stewed tomatoes, or one quart can, one pint of stock, one small onion, one bay leaf, one stalk of celery, and a sprig of parsley, one teaspoonful of sugar, one-quarter teaspoonful of baki...
- How To Make Cream Of Celery Soup
- Four roots of celery, one quart of milk, one pint of water in which celery was boiled, three level tablespoonfuls of butter, six level tablespoonfuls of flour, about three level teaspoonfuls of salt, ...
- How To Make Cream Of Cheese Soup
- One quart of milk, one slice of onion, one slice of carrot, one blade of mace, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour, three heaping tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese or thre...
- How To Make Cream Of Lima Bean Soup
- One quart of fresh lima beans, or one can, one pint of milk and one pint of veal or chicken stock, or one quart of milk, two level tablespoonfuls of butter, two level tablespoonfuls of flour; salt and...
- How To Make Cream Of Pea Soup
- One can (or one pint of cooked peas) one quart of rich milk, two rounding ta-blespoonfuls of butter, three level table-spoonfuls of flour, salt to taste and white pepper if desired. If canned peas be...
- How To Make Cream Of Salmon Soup
- One-half can of salmon, one quart of milk, two rounding tablespoonfuls of butter, two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour, two level teaspoonfuls of salt, speck of cayenne. Drain the oil from the salmon...
- More Soup Recipes
- How To Make Cream Of Tomato Soup Place in a saucepan one cup of tomatoes (stewed or canned), add a small blade of mace, two slices of onion, one level teaspoon of celery salt, and a sprig of parsley....
- How To Cook Fish
- Fish Rolls One pound of raw fish, one and one-quarter cups of soft bread crumbs, one-half cup of milk, whites of two eggs, one level teaspoon ful salt, one-quarter tea-spoonful of onion juice, a spec...
- How To Cook Halibut
- Halibut Baked With Onion Have a halibut steak cut about one and a half inches thick. Butter the bottom of a baking pan; sprinkle it with finely-chopped onion. Put the halibut steak on top of this, br...
- Halibut Steak With Welsh Rarebit
- Take a halibut steak one to one and one-half inches thick, sprinkle with salt, pour over it a tablespoonful of lemon juice and the same of melted butter. Place on a fish sheet in a baking pan and bake...
- How To Cook Escaloped Fish
- One pint of pieces of cold cooked fish, two eggs, one pint of milk, one rounding tablespoonful of butter, two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour, one blade of mace, one bay leaf, one sprig of parsley an...
- How To Cook Salmon Croquettes
- One pound can of salmon, one cup of milk, two level tablespoonfuls of butter, three heaping tablespoonfuls of flour, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, one level teaspoonful of salt, three shakes of ca...
- How To Cook Escaloped Salmon
- One can of salmon, one and one-quarter cups of milk, one rounding tablespoonful each of butter and flour, one-half tea-spoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, .pepper to taste, one-third cup o...
- How To Cook Salmon Soufflé
- Drain a one-pound can of salmon, remove the bones and skin and mince it fine; add to it a level teaspoonful of salt, three shakes of cayenne, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and one tablespoonful of...
- How To Cook Timbales
- Salmon Timbales Drain the liquor from one can of salmon and remove all pieces of skin and bone; mash fine with a fork and mix with three eggs beaten light without separating, season with salt and pep...
- How To Cook Oysters
- Baked Oysters And Macaroni Break quarter of a pound of macaroni into small pieces and boil in plenty of salt ed water for twenty-five minutes or until tender; drain. Scald one pint of oysters in thei...
- How To Make Fricassee Of Oyster
- Drain fifty oysters; throw cold water over them and drain again. When well drained, put into a pretty bowl, ready for the table, and keep in a cool place until ready to use. At serving time place by t...
- How To Make Oyster Cocktails
- For each person allow about five small oysters, which should be drained, washed in cold water and carefully drained again, then set in a very cold place. At serving time dispose in claret glasses. Pou...
- How To Cook Escaloped Oysters
- One quart of oysters, one pint of soft bread crumbs, one-quarter cup of butter, one-quarter cup of oyster liquor or cream, salt and pepper to taste. Drain the oysters, wash and drain again. Put the o...
- How To Cook Sweetbreads And Oysters, Mexican Style
- Soak and blanch one large pair of sweetbreads for one hour, cut into three-fourths inch cubes with a silver knife, removing as far as possible the skin and little pipes. Drain three dozen fine oysters...
- How To Cook Kebobbed Oysters
- Drain 50 oysters. Boil the liquor, skim and strain and stand aside until wanted. Take the white part from one bunch of celery and slice it very fine, chop sufficient parsley to make two tablespoonfuls...
- How To Cook Clams
- Clam Cocktails Make the same as oyster cocktails, using very small clams. Omit the washing. Escaloped Clams Twenty-five clams, one and one-half cups of milk, three level tablespoonfuls each of bu...
- How To Cook Meats
- Italian Ham Toast Three hard boiled eggs, one cup of chopped ham, six slices of toast cut round, one-half pint of cream sauce. Chop whites of eggs fine and press the yolks through a vegetable press; ...
- How To Cook Chicken Terrapin
- One quart of cooked chicken cut into half-inch dice, three hard boiled eggs, one-fourth teaspoonful of ground mace, one-eighth teaspoonful of ground cloves, one tablespoonful of flour, one-fourth poun...
- How To Cook Larded Sweetbreads
- Trim the fat from a pair of sweetbreads, place in a saucepan, cover with boiling water, add a small piece of celery and part of a bay leaf, simmer gently for fifteen minutes, remove from the water, an...
- How To Cook Mutton
- Pilau Of Mutton Take one and one-half pounds of mutton from the neck, cut into slices about three-fourths of an inch thick and about two inches in size; cover with boiling water, boil rapidly for two...
- How To Cook Baked Veal Cutlets
- Take a veal steak about three-fourths of an inch thick; butter the bottom of a roasting pan, sprinkle it with chopped onion, salt and pepper, put the veal steak on top of this, sprinkle thickly with c...
- How To Cook Veal Nut Roll
- Take a thin slice of veal, sprinkle with chopped almonds and English walnuts, roll and tie securely with twine, place in a saucepan, nearly cover with boiling stock or water, add half a bay leaf, a st...
- How To Cook Beef Loaf
- One pound of uncooked beef chopped fine, yolk of one egg, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, one tea...
- How To Cook Little Veal Rolls
- Have slices cut from the leg of veal as thinly as possible. If thicker than onefourth inch, pound gently until reduced to that thickness. Trim, removing far, skin and bone. Cut into strips about two i...
- How To Make Meat And Fish Sauces
- Bechamel Sauce Two level tablespoonfuls of butter, two level tablespoonfuls of flour, one-half cup of stock, one-half cup of cream, yolk of one egg, one-half teaspoonful of salt and four shakes of wh...
- How To Make Chicken Soufflé
- Take the white meat of a three-pound cooked chicken; chop it very fine. Measuse; it should measure just one pint; now put a rounding tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan; when melted add the same a...
- How To Make Chicken Croquettes
- One pint of chopped chicken, one-half pint milk (or better, one-half cup of cream and one-half cup of chicken stock), one rounding tablespoonful of butter, two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour, one le...
- How To Cook Chicken Timbales
- Chicken Timbales Take the raw breast of a three-pound chicken (it should weigh about one-half pound), remove the skin, chop it very fine and then pound to a paste with a potato masher. Now add, just ...
- How To Make Sweetbread Croquettes
- One pint sweetbreads (picked apart), one egg, one-half pint of cream or milk, one rounding tablespoonful of butter, two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour, one level tablespoonful of finely chopped pars...
- How To Make Veal Balls In Curry Sauce
- Pass one and one-half pounds of veal and one-fourth pound of salt pork through a meat chopper twice. Add one and one-half cups of cracker crumbs, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, one-fourth teas...
- How To Make Timbales
- Cheese Timbales Place in a saucepan two rounding tablespoonfuls of butter; stir over the fire until melted; add two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour and stir until blended. Add one-half cup each of m...
- Cheese Recipes
- Cheese Balls Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, then add two cups of grated cheese, half a teaspoonful of salt and a little cayenne. Form into balls the size of marbles; roll in fine bread...
- How To Make Cheese Custards
- One cup of milk, one level tablespoonful of corn starch, one-quarter teaspoonful of soda, one rounding tablespoonful of butter, three eggs, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of pap...
- How To Cook Macaroni
- Creamed Macaroni With Cheese Break one-fourth pound of macaroni into pieces about one inch long, drop into two quarts of boiling salted water and boil about twenty minutes. While it is boiling grate ...
- How To Cook Eggs
- Eggs Au Gratin One heaping cup of soft bread crumbs, one-half cup of grated cheese, one rounding tablespoonful of butter (softened), one-quarter teaspoonful of salt, a grating of nutmeg and three sha...
- How To Cook Omelets
- French Omelet Put three eggs and three tablespoonfuls of water into a bowl and beat just enough to mix the yolks and whites; put a level tablespoonful of butter into an omelet pan, shake it over the ...
- How To Cook Vegetables
- Cauliflower A La Hol-Landaise One medium sized cauliflower, one-half cup of butter, the yolks of two eggs, a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, a few grains of cayenne, one tablespoonful of lemon juic...
- How To Cook Potatoes
- Hashed Brown Potatoes Put into a medium-sized omelet pan enough fat salt pork to yield one-third cup of fat; remove the pieces of pork. Have ready two cups of finely chopped, cold boiled potatoes sea...
- How To Cook Boiled Rice
- Wash one cup of rice in three waters, add one-half teaspoonful of salt and pour over it one pint of boiling water. Place over a moderate fire, cover, and let boil gently until the water is all absorbe...
- How To Cook Spinach With Egg Sauce
- Place six eggs in a saucepan, cover with cold water and let it come to boiling point. Allow it to simmer for fifteen minutes, drain and cover with cold water and allow it to stand until the eggs are c...
- How To Cook Spinach With Egg
- Wash one-half peck of spinach, discarding the coarser stems; place in a saucepan; sprinkle over it a half teaspoonful of salt; over this pour one cup of boiling water; cover closely and let boil over ...
- How To Make Corn Oysters
- If you have no appliance for scraping corn from the cob, take a sharp knife and score each row of grains, then with back of the knife press out the pulp. To each pint of this add one-half teaspoonful ...
- How To Make Rarebit
- Cheese And Tomato Rarebit Add to one-half cup of carefully strained tomatoes, one-fourth teaspoon each of salt, soda and paprika and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Put into blazer one rounding tablesp...
- How To Make Creamed Sweetbreads
- When the sweetbreads come from market, throw them into cold water for one hour. Then remove all fat and surplus skin, cover with boiling salted water, add a slice of onion, one-half bay leaf, sprig of...
- How To Cook Lobster
- Lobster Newburg Take one can of lobster, keep in rather large pieces. Before going to the table rub together two level tablespoonfuls of butter and one of flour and put into chafing dish. Mash fine t...
- Chafing Dish Recipes
- Fish A La Provencale One-fourth cup butter, yolks four hard boiled eggs, two cups of milk, one teaspoonful of anchovy essence, two cups cold fish, three level tablespoonfuls of flour, salt and pepper...
- How To Make Salad Dressings
- French Dressing One tablespoonful of vinegar, three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of black pepper. Put the salt and pepper into a bowl, and gradua...
- How To Make Mayonnaise Dressing
- Put the yolks of two eggs into a cold soup plate. Beat or stir a moment with a silver or wooden fork, then add half a teaspoonful of salt, a speck of cayenne, and, if you like it, half a teaspoonful o...
- How To Make Cooked Dressing
- One-third cup of butter, two level tablespoonfuls of flour, one-half pint of milk, three eggs, one level tablespoonful of salt, two level tablespoonfuls of sugar, two level teaspoonfuls of mustard, a ...
- How To Make Great Salads
- Salad Of Sweetbread And Peas Prepare sweetbreads as for creamed sweetbreads (omitting the cream dressing), marinate with French dressing, chill and mix with an equal measure of cooked peas. Serve wit...
- How To Make Nut And Fruit Salad
- Mix equal parts of California grapes, apple, nuts and pineapple; cut the grapes in halves lengthwise, removing the seeds; cut the apples into cubes and moisten with lemon juice to preserve the color. ...
- How To Make Hot Breads
- Baking Powder Biscuit One pint sifted flour, two slightly rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, three level tablespoonfuls of butter, and about half a cup of milk. Sift ...
- How To Make Muffins
- One Egg Muffins Two cups of sifted flour, two slightly rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two rounding tablespoonfuls of sugar, one rounding tablespoonful of butter...
- How To Make Cinnamon Rolls
- Sift together one pint of flour, two slightly rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, and two rounding tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add to these two rounding tablespoonfuls of ...
- How To Make Bread
- Rye Bread Make and bake the same way as white bread, using two and one-half cups of spring wheat flour, then finish with rye flour. This requires a little less kneading than white bread. If liked, on...
- How To Make Whole Wheat Bread
- Select whole wheat flour, free from outside bran, pour one-half pint of boiling water into one-half pint of fresh milk. When lukewarm, add one cake of Fleischmann's compressed yeast, dissolved in two ...
- How To Make White Bread
- Pour one-half pint of boiling water into one-half pint (one cup) of fresh milk, if not fresh the milk may be scalded and the water added cold. Add two level teaspoons of salt, one level tablespoon of ...
- How To Make Parker House Rolls
- Make the same as white bread, adding to the liquid, before the flour, one half cup of butter and one teaspoon of sugar. Let rise until doubled in bulk, turn out upon a floured board without kneading, ...
- How To Make Desserts
- Fruit Toast Four tablespoons of sultana raisins, two cups of boiling water, one tablespoon of butter, two-thirds cup of sugar, two level tablespoons of cornstarch, two tablespoons of lemon juice, one...
- How To Make Desserts With Mousse
- Caramel Mousse Make a caramel syrup of three-fourths cup of sugar and same of boiling water. Pour very carefully over the well beaten yolks of six eggs and cook over boiling water until the mixture c...
- How To Make Macaroon Charlotte
- Put one-quarter box of gelatin to soak for at least ten minutes in one-quarter cup of cold water. Whip one pint of cream. Put into a double boiler one pint of rich milk or thin cream. Beat four eggs u...
- How To Make Spanish Cream
- Put one-third of a box of gelatin to soak in three cups of cold milk; let soak one-half hour, then place over the fire in a double boiler. Beat the yolks of three eggs until light, add to them one-thi...
- How To Make Hamburg Cream
- Juice of one lemon, grated rind of half a lemon, two-thirds cup of sugar, four eggs, quarter box of gelatin. Separate the eggs, beat the yolks until light and add one-third of the sugar to them and be...
- How To Make Orange Cream
- Cover one-half box of gelatin with one-half cup of cold water and let soak at least ten minutes. Place over the fire in a double boiler one pint of milk; separate five eggs, beat the yolks, add to the...
- How To Make Fruit Jelly
- One-third box of gelatin, half cup of sherry, half cup of cold water, half pint of boiling water, one cup of granulated sugar, juice of one medium sized lemon, one banana, two ounces candied cherries,...
- How To Make Alaska Jelly
- Prepare a well flavored orange or lemon jelly and mould it in small cups. When firm turn out and -place them some distance apart on a platter. Prepare a meringue, using two tablespoonfuls of sugar for...
- How To Make Souffles
- Omelette Souffle White of two eggs; yolk of one egg; one rounding tablespoonful of powdered sugar; a few drops of vanilla. Beat the yolk until light, then add the vanilla. Beat the whites until froth...
- How To Make Vanilla Souffle
- One-half pint of milk, one-quarter cup of sugar, one-quarter cup of flour, one-quarter cup of butter, four eggs, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Put the milk into a double boiler over the fire. Melt the b...
- How To Make Apple Snow
- Wipe carefully and core four good-sized apples, place in a granite baking pan, put a teaspoonful of sugar into the space from which each core was removed, pour about one-quarter cup of boiling water i...
- How To Make Pineapple Snow
- Four level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, one-half cup each of pineapple juice, grated pineapple, water and sugar, whites of four eggs. Put the grated pineapple, the juice, water and sugar over the fir...
- How To Make Deserts with Apples
- Apple Custard Make a custard of yolks of three eggs, one and one-quarter cups of milk and one-half cup of sugar. Chop or slice thin fifteen hickory nuts, grate two very large or three medium sized ta...
- How To Make Fruit Balls
- One-half cup of finely chopped suet, one cup of fine, soft bread crumbs, one-half cup of currants, one-half cup of seeded, chopped raisins, one-quarter cup of finely chopped citron, one-half teaspoonf...
- How To Make Mock Charlotte
- Three level tablespoons of corn starch, one cup of boiling water, one-half cup of sugar, one teaspoon of vanilla and whites of four eggs. Place the corn starch in a saucepan, moisten with three table...
- How To Make Puddings
- Date Pudding One pint of sifted flour, two slightly rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, two rounding tablespoonfuls of sugar, two rounding tablespoonfuls of butter, on...
- How To Make Macaroon Pudding
- Fifteen stale macaroons, two tablespoonfuls of sherry, four eggs, one pint milk, half cup of sugar. Roll one-half of the macaroons with a rolling pin. Place the other half in a pretty serving dish, po...
- How To Make Queen Of Puddings
- One-half pint of bread cubes, one pint of milk, one-fourth cup of sugar, three eggs, one teaspoonful of vanilla, one cup stewed apples. Cut the bread into half-inch cubes; beat the yolk of the eggs an...
- How To Make Strawberry Shortcake
- One pint of sifted flour, two slightly rounding teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, two rounding tablespoonfuls of butter, one rounding tablespoonful of sugar, one egg, and abou...
- How To Make Caramel Custard
- Beat three eggs until light, add one-fourth cup of sugar, beat a moment, then add one pint of milk, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Put one-third cup of granulated sugar into a skillet, stir ov...
- How To Make Ices
- Tea Punch Have ready frozen, one quart of lemon ice cream. Make an Italian meringue (boiled icing) of one cup of sugar, one-half cup of water and whites of three eggs. Beat until cold, then add very ...
- How To Make Sweet Sauces
- Chocolate Sauce For Ice Cream Put into a saucepan three ounces of unsweetened chocolate and two cups (1 lb.) of sugar. Mix and add one rounding tablespoonful of butter and one-half cup of boiling wat...
- How To Make German Cream Pie
- (Two Pies.) crust. 1 1/2 cups of flour. 1/2 cup of butter. 2 tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar. 2 eggs. cream filling. 1 pint of cream or milk. Yolks of 6 eggs. 6 tablespoonfuls of granulated...
- How To Make Flaky Pie Crust
- Three cups of sifted pastry (soft) flour, one-half cup each of butter and lard, one level teaspoon of salt, two level teaspoons of sugar, about two-thirds cup of ice water. Have everything as cold as ...
- How To Make Pies
- Southern Cream Pie One and one-quarter cups of milk, one-third cup butter, one-third cup of flour, one cup sugar, three eggs, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Put milk into double boiler, rub the butter a...
- How To Make Pumpkin Pie
- One pint of stewed and sifted pumpkin, one pint of milk, two rounding tablespoonfuls of butter, one cup of sugar, one level teaspoonful each of cinnamon, salt and ginger, one-quarter teaspoonful of nu...
- How To Make Orange Cream Pie
- One cup of milk, three eggs, one-half cup of sugar, two rounding tablespoonfuls of flour, grated yellow rind and juice of one small orange. Cover an inverted pie tin with good paste, prick with a fork...
- How To Make Lemon Pie
- Lemon Pie-No. 1 Juice and rind of a large lemon, one cup of sugar, four eggs. Grate carefully the yellow rind of the lemon and squeeze out the juice, add the juice to sugar in a saucepan and stir a m...
- How To Make New York Lemon Pie
- One cup of milk, yolks of four eggs, whites of four eggs, three-fourths cup of sugar, two rounding tablespoons of flour, juice and rind of one lemon. Put the milk over the fire in a double boiler, be...
- How To Make Meringues
- Meringue-No. 1 Two egg whites, two rounding tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, a few drops of vanilla. Add a tiny pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat until quite stiff but not dry. Add the suga...
- How To Make Cakes
- Angel Food The whites of ten eggs, a cup and a half of granulated sugar, one cup of sifted flour, one level teaspoonful of cream of tartar and one teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Sift the flour twice...
- How To Make Sponge Cake
- Sponge Layer Cake Yolks of six eggs, and two cups of sugar beaten together for fifteen minutes, add one cup of boiling water, two and a half cups of flour, one-eighth of a nutmeg, two and a half even...
- How To Make Chocolate Nougat Cake
- One-half cup of butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, two cups of sifted flour, one-half cup of milk, three eggs, two level teaspoons of cream of tartar and one-half teaspoon of baking soda, sifted ...
- How To Make White Layer Cake
- White Layer One-half cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of water, three cups of sifted flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoon of vanilla, whites of four eggs. Cream the...
- How To Make Layer Cake
- Yellow Layer Cake One-half cup of butter, two cups of granulated sugar, three eggs three cups of sifted pastry flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one cup of water, one teaspoonful of v...
- How To Make Gold Cake
- Gold Cake-No. 1 Yolks of ten eggs, one-half cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup of water, three and one-half cups of sifted pastry flour, four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonf...
- How To Make Bride's Cake
- One-half cup of butter, one and one-half cups of powdered or fine granulated sugar, one-half cup of water, one-quarter cup of corn starch, two cups of sifted pastry flour, two and one-half level teasp...
- How To Make Marble Cake
- Cream one-half cup of butter, add gradually one cup of fine granulated sugar. After adding the last of the sugar, add two eggs, yolks and whites beaten together and give a very vigorous beating. Now a...
- How To Make Raisin Cake
- One-third cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two yolks and one whole egg, one-half cup of water, one and one-half cups of sifted pastry flour, two level teaspoon fuls of baking powder, three-quarters of...
- How To Make Coffee Cake
- German Coffee Cake Three pints of flour, one pint of milk, one cake of Fleischmann's compressed yeast, three eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one level teaspoonful of salt. Scald the milk a...
- How To Make Cocoanut Macaroons
- Whites of two eggs, one cup of powdered sugar, three-quarters of a cup of shredded or grated cocoanut. Beat the egg whites until light but not stiff, add gradually two rounding tablespoonfuls of sugar...
- How To Make Cream Puffs
- One cup of hot water, one cup of flour, one-fourth cup of butter, four eggs. Put the water and butter into sauce-pan, place over the fire, and when it boils add the flour all at once, and stir quickly...
- How To Make Hermits
- Hermits One and one-half cups of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, one-ha...
- How To Make Wafers
- Vanilla Wafers One-half cup of butter, one cup of powdered sugar, one-half cup of milk, one teaspoonful of vanilla, two cups of sifted pastry flour. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually and crea...
- How To Make Frostings
- Maple Frosting Two cups of crushed maple sugar, one cup of cream. Put the sugar and cream into a granite saucepan and stir over the fire until sugar is dissolved. Continue boiling without stirring un...
- How To Make Caramel Frosting
- Caramel Frosting No. 1 One and one-half cups of granulated sugar, one-half cup of milk or cream, one rounding teaspoonful of butter, one and one-half squares of unsweetened chocolate, one-half teaspo...
- How To Make Icing
- Chocolate Icing Place in a bowl the white of one egg, add to it one-fourth cup of cold water, then stir in three cups of confectioners' XXXX sugar, add a few drops of vanilla, and one ounce of unswee...
- How To Make Fudge
- Fudge Put two ounces of scraped chocolate into a good-sized granite saucepan and melt over steam or a very moderate fire. When melted add three-quarters cup of rich milk or thin cream, stir over the ...
- How To Make Maple Cream Bars
- Put one pint of maple syrup and one-half pint of good cream into a granite saucepan and boil briskly, stirring constantly to the soft ball stage. Take from the fire and beat until it begins to thicken...
- How To Make Butter Scotch and Sugar Taffy
- Butter Scotch Two cups of molasses, one cup of sugar, three-quarters cup of butter. Put all the ingredients into a saucepan and boil, stirring constantly, until it will snap (not too sharply) when ch...
- How To Make Coffee
- In making boiled coffee, to secure perfection, several points must be given careful attention, one of the most important being the article in which it is made. There are several reasons why it is not...
- How To Make Boiled Coffee
- Where six cupfuls are required, place in a bowl six tablespoonfuls of coffee. In another bowl put the white of one egg, add to this, half a cup of cold water, beat until thoroughly mixed and add half ...
- How To Make Filtered Coffee
- Many kinds of pots for making filtered coffee are offered for sale. Some of those most simple in construction give very satisfactory results. Do not purchase one having a perforated tinned strainer, a...
- How To Make Tea
- As in making coffee, to secure the best results, freshly boiled water must be used. Never use a tin teapot; earthenware or china are preferable. Pour boiling water into the pot and let stand at least ...
- How To Make Cocoa
- Cocoa Cocoa being highly nutritious, is really a food, not a beverage, although often classed under that head. Cocoa contains less fat than chocolate and for that reason is more readily digested, con...
- How To Make Fruit Drinks
- Lemonade Boil together one pint each of water and sugar for ten minutes. Let cool and at serving time add three pints of iced water and one pint of lemon juice, or lemon and orange juice mixed. Two l...
- Easy To Make Sandwich Recipes
- Club Sandwiches To make club sandwiches in the most approved way, toast some slices of bread a delicate brown, not too slowly; lay a crisp, dry lettuce leaf on a slice of toast, spread lightly with m...
- Miscellaneous Recipes
- Egg Nogg Stir into one cup of cold, rich milk, one tablespoon of sugar. Separate the white and yolk of one egg. Beat the yolk slightly and the white until very stiff. Fold the white into the yolk and...
- Miscellaneous Recipes. Continued
- Cherry Jam Stone the cherries and to each ponnd (weighing after they are stoned) add one-half pound of sugar. Let them stand until the sugar becomes moistened with the juice, then place over a slow f...
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