Mrs. W. H. Wilson's New Cook Book

Mrs. Wilson's plain-spoken new cook book — farina to fruit cake in level measures and few words.

Pastries

15 recipes in this part of Mrs. W. H. Wilson's New Cook Book.

Puff Paste

2 cups flour. 1 cup butter. 1/2 cup ice water. 1 teaspoon salt. Wash butter well. Take out one tablespoon, put the rest in refrigerator…

Plain Pastry

Pastry for one custard or pie: 1 cup flour. 2 tablespoons crisco or butter. 1/2 teaspoon salt and a little sugar. Sift flour, salt and…

Custard for Pies

3 egg yolks. 2-3 cup sugar. 1 full tablespoon cornstarch. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 2 cups milk. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Heat milk, beat yolks very…

Cream Custard

1-3 cup butter. 1-3 cup flour. Melt butter, and cream flour and butter together. Yolks of four eggs, one cup sugar, one and one-half cups…

Pineapple Custard

2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup water. 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Butter size of an egg. Half of a small can of grated pineapple. Put on water…

Apple Custard

2 cups apples. 3 egg yolks. 1 cup sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. Pinch salt. Season with nutmeg and cinnamon. Stew apples until tender; run…

Raisin Roll

1 cup raisins. 1 cup English walnuts. 1/2 cup sherry. 2 tablespoons butter. Roll pastry thin, spread with raisins, nuts, sugar and butter…

Lemon Pie

One pie: 1 lemon. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup seeded raisins. Grated rind of 1/2 a lemon. 1 tablespoon flour. 1 tablespoon butter. Cook over fire…

Irish Potato Custard

1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes. 1/2 cup cream. 2 egg yolks. 1/2 cup sugar. A little nutmeg. Put in pastry and bake. Make meringue. This…

Chess Cakes

5 eggs. 2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 1 cup milk. 1 tablespoon each flour and meal. Beat yolks light with sugar, mix flour and meal with…

Amber Custard

4 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup sweet milk. 1/2 cup butter. 1 cup plum jelly. 1 tablespoon flour and meal mixed with sugar.

Cheap Lemon Custard

3 eggs. 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. 1 tablespoon cornstarch in 3 tablespoons milk. 2 lemons. Make meringue of whites. Enough for…

Blackberry Jam Custards

4 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup blackberry jam. 1/2 cup butter. Bake in pastry, cover with meringue. If yolks only are used spread cream icing…

Brown Sugar Custard

3 cups brown sugar. 3 eggs. 1/2 cup butter. Bake in good pastry.

Mincemeat

3 lbs. lean beef boiled and chopped fine. 2 lbs. suet chopped fine (add tablespoon salt). 4 lbs. seeded raisins. 2 lbs. currants. 1 lb…

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