Five Roses Cook Book

Two thousand Canadian cooks sent in their best recipes; the mill printed them, and put its own flour in every one.

Dumplings

16 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

Crust (Cups Five Roses flour level)

4 cups Five Roses flour 8 level teaspoons baking powder 1 cup butter 1½ cups milk Apples Nutmeg, if desired. Sift flour and baking powder…

Syrup (Tablespoon butter)

Put on stove and let come to a boil. Pour over the dumplings and bake in hot oven.

Sauce to Serve with Dumplings

1½ cups water ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoon (large) cornstarch Juice of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon butter. Let come to a boil, and thicken with the…

Crust (Cups Five Roses flour teaspoon)

2 cups Five Roses flour 1 teaspoon (heaping) baking powder Pinch of salt 2 tablespoons (heaping) fresh lard and butter Sweet milk to make a…

Syrup (Tablespoon Five Roses flour)

1 tablespoon Five Roses flour 1 tablespoon butter Nutmeg to taste. Mix and add 1 quart boiling water, stirring while adding. Pour over the…

Plain Dumplings

1 teacup milk 1 egg (large) Pinch of salt 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons baking powder Five Roses flour to make very stiff batter. Beat…

Apple Sugar Dumplings

Sift an even quart of Five Roses flour twice with 1½ teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Chop into this a tablespoon cottolene or…

Dumplings (Eggless)

2 cups Five Roses flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons cream of tartar Cold water to make very stiff batter. Drop into boiling…

Light Dumplings

Four eggs beaten very light. Add a pinch of salt, 6 tablespoons sweet milk or water, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 cup Five Roses flour, or…

Dumplings with Roast Beef

Take beef out of dripping pan. Put in water to make about 2 quarts of gravy. Wet about 2 tablespoons Five Roses flour and put in dripping…

Dumplings with Stews

Ten minutes before the stew is done, put half a pint of flour into a bowl, add Serve ½ teaspoon salt and a teaspoon baking powder; sift…

Plain Sauce

1 tablespoon Five Roses flour Water (about 1 pint-boiling) Pinch of salt 2 tablespoons butter Nutmeg or lemon. Mix sugar, flour and salt…

Banana Salad

3 Cut bananas in half crosswise, roll in white of egg, then in finely chopped walnuts. Serve with following dressing: cup milk, 1…

Bread Sauce

Sufficient bread crumbs to fill a small tureen, ½ pint milk, 1 small onion, cayenne or white pepper and salt. Peel the onion and put it…

Caramel Sauce

Burn 1 cup sugar in the spider, stirring all the time. Then add 1 pint hot milk and 2 tablespoons cornstarch stirred together, also½ cup…

Chocolate Sauce No. 1

2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon Five Roses flour Pinch of salt 1 cup boiling water 1 square chocolate 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon…

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