This section is from the book "Ye Kirke Cookerie", by First Methodist Church (Evanston, Ill.) Women's Union. Also available from Amazon: Ye Kirke Cookerie.
1 box dates 1/2 cup nuts 3 egg whites 1/2 cup water.
2 tablespoons sugar Pinch of Morton's Iodized salt.
Wash and seed dates, chop dates and nuts, combine with sugar, water and salt and cook all together ten minutes, stirring constantly. This should form a smooth paste. Beat whites and fold in paste. Bake in moderate oven for about twenty minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Mrs. W. H. Lloyd.
1 cup walnuts or pecans 1 cup dates 5 tablespoons cracker crumbs.
2 eggs 1 cup sugar.
1 teaspoon baking powder.
Chop nuts and dates coarsely. Mix in order given and bake fifteen minutes in medium oven. Eat cold with whipped cream.
Mrs. N. L. Towle.
1 cup English walnuts.
1 cup dates.
2 eggs.
1/2 cup sugar.
1 tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder Pinch of salt.
Chop dates and nuts beat eggs and mix in order given. Bake in a slow oven for twenty minutes. Serve with whipped cream.
Maude Estelle Lee.
 
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