Cook Book

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34 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Queen of Puddings

To a quart of milk, allow a pint of fine bread crumbs, a tablespoon of batter, one cup of sugar and the yolks of four eggs; flavor with the…

Tapioca Cocoanut Pudding

To a Take one-half cup of grated cocoanut with one-half cup of pearl tapioca in cold water to cover. Add one and one-half pints (three…

Walnut Pudding

Beat the yolks of three eggs till light and lemon colored. Gradually add to them half a cup of sugar, then one-third of a cup of soft bread…

Cuban Pudding

Crumble a pound of sponge cake with half a pound of grated cocoanut, pour over this a pint of rich cream previously sweetened with loaf…

Prune Shortcake

Sift together, twice, two cups pastry flour, four teaspoons baking powder, one half teaspoon salt and three tablepoons sugar. Blend with…

Banana Meringue

Place in a baking dish bananas peeled, scraped and cut in quarters, cutting first lengthwise, then across. Pour over them lemon and…

Puffs

Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of…

Peach Bread Pudding

On a pint of fine stale bread or cracker crumbs pour boiling water and stir in a tablespoon of melted butter. After standing till…

Peach Manioca Pudding

Into two cups of milk stir four tablespoons of manioca, and let the mixture come to a boil. Then add two beaten eggs, two tablespoons of…

Cranberry Pudding

Wash a quart of cranberries, place in a two-quart granite ware saucepan with a pint of water, stew until tender, then add sugar to taste…

Rice Croquettes

Six ounces of rice and one pint of milk boiled slowly until quite soft, add the grated rind of a lemon, remove from the fire, and mix in…

Chocolate Bread Pudding

Soak two cups of bread crumbs in two cups of scalded mlik, add two-thirds cup of sugar, two squares of chocolate previously melted, one…

Suet Pudding

One-half cup of milk, one-half cup of chopped suet, one-half cup of molasses, two cups of fruit and nuts chopped together, one cup of…

English Plum Pudding

Six ounces of fine bread crumbs, two ounces each of lemon, orange and citron peel cut into fine shreds, one-half ounce of mixed spices…

Mrs Clarke's Plum Pudding

Use one quart of bread crumbs, one-half cup of molasses, one-half cup of sugar, one cup of raisins, a small piece of citron, one nutmeg…

Baked Apple Dumplings

One cup of butter and lard mixed, one quart of flour, salt to taste, three teaspoons of baking powder. Mix with milk. Pare and core apples…

Christmas Pudding

Take three-quarters of a pound each of chopped suet, stoned raisins, currants, sugar and dried bread crumbs, one-quarter of a pound of…

German Sauce

Mix the yolks of four eggs with one-eighth of a pound of sugar, add the grated rind of half a lemon. Stir over the fire until the mixture…

Scalloped Apples

Pare a dozen apples and slice thin. Butter a dish, put in a layer of apples, then a layer of sugar, cinnamon, butter and flour, then…

Swiss Pudding

Cream half a cup of butter and add gradually seven-eighths of a cup of flour. Scald in two cups of milk the grated rind of one lemon, pour…

Plums in Batter

Make a batter with five tablespoons of flour, rather more than a pint of milk, and two eggs. Remove the stones from one pound of large…

Cherry Roly Poly

Remove the fiber and skin from five ounces of suet and chop it very fine; add half a pound of flour and one-fourth of a teaspoon of salt…

Cherry Souffle

Moisten two tablespoons of flour with a little cold milk, then stir it smoothly into one pint of hot milk. Let it thicken over the fire…

Indian Pudding

Scald one quart of milk, when boiling hot stir in three tablespoons of corn meal, the same of flour; wet up with cold milk and one…

Individual Strawberry Shortcakes

Mix and sift twice two cups of flour, one-fourth of a cup of sugar, four level teaspoons of baking powder, a pinch of nutmeg and one-fourth…

Marmalade Pudding

One-half pound of bread crumbs, one-half pound of brown sugar, one-half pound of beef suet cut very fine, four eggs and one small can of…

Cottage Pudding

Cream together one cup of sugar and one-fourth cup of butter; add one beaten egg, two-thirds of a cup of milk, one and one-half cups of…

Apricot Souffle

Rub enough fruit through a sieve to make three-fourths of a cup of pulp. Heat in a saucepan and sweeten if needed. Beat the whites of three…

Peach Darioles

Pare and divide into halves sufficient peaches to make one quart. Add half a cup each of sugar and water, and cook until the peaches are…

Jam Pudding

Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of blackberry jam, one-half cup of butter, one dessertspoon of soda dissolved in hot water, one-half…

Apple Pudding with Rice

Six sour apples, one cup of cold boiled rice, one pint of milk, one cup of sugar, the juice and rind of one lemon, and yolks of four eggs…

Huckleberry Pudding

Butter a pudding dish and line it with bread, cut in slices half an inch thick and buttered; remove the crust and cut the slices to fit the…

Blueberry Pudding

Beat two eggs light and stir into them one cup of milk and sifted flour enough to make a batter as thick as for pancakes. Put into the…

Blackberry Pudding

To make a blackberry pudding, soak two cups of stale bread crumbs in two cups of milk, add a little salt and three well-beaten eggs…

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