Gold Medal Flour Cook Book

The Washburn-Crosby flour book — Gold Medal recipes from the mill that stood behind every sack.

Pastry

10 recipes in this part of Gold Medal Flour Cook Book.

Puff Paste

1 lb. Gold Medal flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 lb. butter Ice water Keep everything clean and cold; wash the butter in cold water, reserve…

Plain Pastry

1 1/2 cups Gold Medal flour 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 teaspoon salt Cold water The shortening may be all lard or all butter, or 1/4 cup lard…

Pie Plant Pie

3 cups pie plant diced 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon Gold Medal flour 1 teaspoon butter. Wash the pie plant, do not skin; cut in small pieces…

Apple Pie

5 or 6 apples 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon butter Few gratings of nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Once the rule for plain paste Divide the paste…

Creamed Apple Tart

3 cups sliced apples 3/4 cup brown sugar Grated rind of half a lemon Juice of half a lemon 2 cups boiled custard Once the rule for plain…

Custard Pie

2 cups milk 1 teaspoon Gold Medal flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 1/2 teaspoon flavoring extract Line a deep pie plate with…

Pumpkin Pie

1 cup sifted pumpkin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 saltspoon mace 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2/3 cup sugar 1 egg 1/2 cup scalded milk 1/2 cup scalded…

Mirlitons

6 macaroons 1 tablespoon grated chocolate 2 cups scalded milk 3 egg yolks 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Pound and sift the…

Sour Cream Pie

1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup seeded raisins, chopped fine 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon cloves 3 yolks of eggs 1 white of egg…

Genoese Pastry

7/8 cup Gold Medal flour 6 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup almond paste 1/2 cup sugar 5 eggs Melt butter in a bowl, taking care it does not get…

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