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Dog in a Blanket

1/2 lb. (2 cups) flour 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder I teaspoonful salt I tablespoonful powdered sugar I tablespoonful lard 1/2 tablespoonfuls butter Milk 5 tart oranges 4 ozs. (1/2 cup) sugar I tablespoonful melted butter I pint (2 cups) lemon custard 2 tablespoonfuls chopped walnut meats Sieve the flour, baking powder, salt and powdered sugar into a basin, rub the lard and butter into them and make the mixture into a rather stiff dough with some milk. Roll it into a sheet onehalf inch in thickness. Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle the sugar over it. Then cover it with the oranges, which have been peeled, sliced thin and seeded. Roll up into a compact roll. Tie it in a buttered, floured cloth and boil for two hours. Drain and unwrap on a hot platter. Decorate with the chopped nuts. Serve with a lemon custard made with one cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour, two egg yolks, the grated rinds and strained juice of two lemons, and one and one-half cupfuls of water.

This is a Creole recipe over one hundred years old.

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