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.

Pastry and Crust Making

15 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

Pastry Baking and Crust Making

Specially prepared for the Five Roses Cook Book ERFECT PASTE requires few ingredients: flour, fat, water and COLD. The last is not the…

Mixing and Baking

It is preferable to mix pastry several hours before it is to be rolled out. Keep on ice until required. Before baking, pastry will likewise…

Short Pastry

1 pound Five Roses flour ½ pound shortening Ice-cold water Mix flour and shortening into dough with ice-cold water, using only enough to…

Short Pie Crust

1 pound Five Roses flour ¼ pound butter ¼ pound lard 2 ounces fine sugar 1 teaspoon (small) salt 1 Egg 2 teaspoons baking powder Water…

Rich Short Pastry (for Tarts, Etc.)

4 cups Five Roses flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter ½ cup lard Cold water to make stiff paste. Mix all dry…

Rich Short Crust

8 ounces Five Roses flour 5 ounces butter 1 egg (yolk) Few drops lemon juice. Sift the flour, rub the butter in lightly and quickly. Make a…

Plain Pastry (Contributed by a Confectioner's Daughter)

1 pound Five Roses flour ¼ pound butter ½ pound lard (Little more flour for rolling pin and board) Cold water. Work lard through flour with…

Flaky Pie Crust

Rub 1½ cups lard into 3 cups Five Roses flour, add a pinch of salt. Beat the white of 1 egg slightly. Add 5 tablespoons water to it and mix…

Puff Paste

To every pound of Five Roses flour, allow 3 ounces butter and 3 ounces lard, and not quite ½ pint water. Sift the flour and see that it is…

Rough Puff Pastry

8 ounces Five Roses flour 6 ounces butter ½ teaspoon lemon juice Pinch of salt Cold water. Chop the butter in the flour, not too fine…

New Pie Crust

Scald 2 parts of fine oatmeal with 1 part of hot water. Mix well and roll fairly thin. This bakes very quickly, so if using fruit which…

Farmers' Pie Crust

1 pint Five Roses flour ¾ cup butter or lard 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt.

Pastry for One Pie

½ cup lard and butter (mixed) 1½ cups Five Roses flour 3 tablespoons water Pinch of salt.

Yorkshire Thin Cakes

½ pound light bread dough ½ pound Five Roses flour ½ pound pure lard, or butter, or both mixed. Knead well, and let stand an hour or two…

Using Up Left-Over Pie Dough

Cut into thin strips about 1 inch wide, sprinkle with butter, sugar and cinnamon, roll up like jelly roll, and bake a light brown…

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