Everyday Foods in War Time Part 5

Sugar, 1 cup b.u.t.ter, 2 tablespoons Apple sauce, 1 cup Flour, 2 cups Raisins, 2/3 cup Soda, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Cloves, 1/2 teaspoon Salt, 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon

Sift together the soda, spices, salt, and flour. Cream the b.u.t.ter, add sugar, apple sauce, dry ingredients, and seeded raisins. Bake in a moderate oven.

Buckwheat Cookies (8)

b.u.t.terine, 1/2 cup Sugar, 1 cup Eggs, 2 Clove, 1/2 teaspoon Buckwheat, 1 3/4 cups Salt, 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon

Beat the eggs, add the sugar and melted b.u.t.ter, and beat until thoroughly mixed. Sift the buckwheat, spices, and salt together and add very slowly.

Mix well; roll on a floured board one-eighth to one-sixteenth inch thick.

Cut the cookies and bake on a greased baking sheet in a moderate oven about 10 minutes.

Honey Bran Cookies (5)

Bran, 3 cups Sugar, 1/2 cup Soda, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon Ginger, 1/4 teaspoon Honey, 1/2 cup Milk, 1/2 cup Melted b.u.t.ter, 1/2 cup

Soft Honey Cake (5)

b.u.t.ter, 1/2 cup Honey, 1 cup Egg, 1 Sour milk, 1/2 cup Soda, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Ginger, 1/2 teaspoon Flour, 4 cups

Rub the b.u.t.ter and honey together; add the egg well beaten, then the sour milk and the flour sifted with the soda and spices. Bake in a shallow pan.

Mola.s.ses Cakes (4)

Sugar, 1/2 cup Fat, 1/2 cup Mola.s.ses, 1 cup Ginger, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon Egg, 1 Flour, 2 1/2 cups Soda, 2 teaspoons Hot water, 1 cup Salt, 1/2 teaspoon

Sift together the salt, sugar, flour, soda, and spices. Melt b.u.t.ter in hot water, add mola.s.ses, egg well beaten, and dry ingredients. Mix well. Bake in small cup cake tins in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes.

Mola.s.ses Cookies (11)

Flour, 2-3/4 cups Salt, 1 teaspoon Soda, 1 teaspoon Ginger, 1 tablespoon Mola.s.ses, 1 cup Hot water, 1 tablespoon Hardened vegetable fat, 1/4 cup

Sift together the flour, salt, soda, and ginger. Melt fat; add hot water and mola.s.ses; stir this liquid gradually into the dry ingredients. Chill.

Roll on floured board to one-eighth inch thickness. Cut. Bake about 10 minutes in a moderate oven (360-380 F.).

Nut Mola.s.ses Bars (9)

Oleomargarine, 1/4 cup Hardened vegetable fat, 1/4 cup Boiling water, 1/4 cup Brown sugar, 1/2 cup Mola.s.ses, 1/2 cup Soda, 1 teaspoon Flour, 3-2/3 cups Ginger, 1/3 teaspoon Cloves, 1/8 teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Cocoanut, 1/2 cup English walnuts, 1/2 cup

Pour boiling water over fat; add sugar and mola.s.ses; add flour, soda, spices, and salt sifted together. Chill. Roll one-eighth inch thick. Cut in strips about three and a half by one inch. Sprinkle with cocoanut and English walnuts cut in small pieces.

Bake about 10 minutes in a moderate oven.

Oatmeal Cookies (4)

Egg, 1 Sugar, 1/4 cup Milk, 1/2 cup Water, 1/4 cup Flour, 2 cups Fine oatmeal, 1/2 cup Baking powder, 2 teaspoons Salt, 1 teaspoon Raisins, 1 cup Melted fat, 5 tablespoons

Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the oatmeal. Beat the egg add sugar, water, and milk, dry ingredients mixed together, raisins, and melted fat. Drop from spoon on greased baking sheet and bake in moderate oven.

Oatmeal Macaroons (12)

Fat, 1 tablespoon Corn syrup, 3/8 cup Sugar, 2 tablespoons Egg, 1 Almond extract if desired, 2 teaspoons Oatmeal, 1 1/2 cups Salt, 1/4 teaspoon Baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon Flour, 1-1/2 tablespoons

Combine the melted fat and sugar and syrup, add the beaten egg and stir in the other ingredients. Drop from a teaspoon on greased baking sheets or pans and bake in a moderate oven about 15 minutes.

Potato Drop Cookies (13)

Hot mashed potatoes, 1-1/2 cups Sugar, 1-1/4 cups Beef or mutton fat, 1 cup Flour, 1-3/4 cups Baking powder, 2 teaspoons Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon Cloves, 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon Raisins, chopped, 1/2 cup Nuts, chopped, 1/4 cup

Combine the ingredients in the order given and drop the mixture by spoonfuls on a slightly greased tin. Bake the cookies in a moderate oven.

Spice Cake (9)

Hardened vegetable fat, 3-1/2 tablespoons Sugar, 1/4 cup Egg, 1 Corn syrup, 1/4 cup Milk, 1/4 cup Flour, 1 cup (plus 1-1/2 tablespoons) Baking powder, 1-1/4 teaspoons Chopped citron, 2 tablespoons Raisins, cut in half, 1/2 cup Cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon Clove, 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon

Cream fat; add sugar gradually, syrup, egg well beaten; mix and sift dry ingredients; add alternately with milk to first mixture. Add raisins (which have been rolled in a little of the flour), mixing them through the cake thoroughly.

Bake about 30 minutes in a moderate oven (about 380 F.).

JAMS AND SANDWICH FILLINGS

Banana and Nut Paste for Sandwiches (11)

Banana, 1 Sh.e.l.led peanuts, 1/4 cup

Mix the banana with the sh.e.l.led peanuts, which have been crushed. Salt to taste. Use as a filling for sandwiches.