Fruit Candy


KITCHEN PARTY
BOYS AND GIRLS
CAN FIX EASILY
Toasted Cheese Sandwiches
Banana Nut Salad[11]
Fruit Candy[11]
Favorite Beverage
[11] Recipes are in this book

Fruit Candy

(Photograph above)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 3 dozen For 6 dozen
1. Put through medium knife of food chopper left brace uncooked, dried PRUNES, pitted left brace ½ cup (3 ozs.) left brace 1 cup (6 ozs.)
uncooked, dried APRICOTS ¼ cup (1½ ozs.) ½ cup (3 ozs.)
seedless RAISINS ⅔ cup 1¼ cups
shelled NUTS ¾ cup 1¾ cups
2. Put ground fruit mixture into bowl and add left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup
grated ORANGE RIND ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.

3. Mix thoroughly until milk is absorbed. Chill. Shape about a teaspoonful of the mixture into round or oblong patties. Decorate with shelled nuts or halves of candied cherries, or roll in chocolate decorettes or finely chopped nuts. Patties may also be studded with puffed rice, or strips of blanched almonds.

Note: Pitted dates can be used for prunes and dried or pressed figs for apricots.


Eggnog

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 1 quart For 1½ quarts
1. Beat until light and fluffy left brace EGGS left brace 3 left brace 4
2. Beat in gradually left brace SUGAR left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
3. Beat in slowly left brace VANILLA[12] left brace 1½ tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp.
4. Then stir in mixture of left brace PET MILK left brace 2 cups left brace 3 cups
WATER 1 cup 1½ cups

5. Chill. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg if desired.

[12] To use alcoholic flavoring for vanilla, use ½ cup for 1 qt. and ¾ cup for 1½ qts.

Pineapple Date Bars

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 2 dozen For 3 dozen
1. Turn on oven; set at slow (325° F.).
2. Grease a shallow pan measuring about left brace 8 × 12 inches left brace 10 × 15 inches
3. Mix, then let stand left brace canned, crushed PINEAPPLE, well drained left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
finely cut, pitted DATES 1 cup 1½ cups
finely cut NUTS 1 cup 1½ cups
4. Sift together left brace sifted, all-purpose FLOUR left brace ¾ cup left brace 1⅛ cups[13]
BAKING POWDER 1½ teasp. 2¼ teasp.
SALT ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
5. Beat until very light left brace EGG YOLKS left brace 2 left brace 3
6. Beat in about 2 tablespoons at a time left brace SUGAR left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
7. Stir in left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace 6 tablesp.
VANILLA 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
8. Add flour, mixing until smooth.
9. Fold in fruit mixture and left brace stiffly beaten EGG WHITES left brace 2 left brace 3
10. Put into greased pan. Bake until firm, or about left brace 35 minutes left brace 45 minutes
11. When cool, cut in bars 1 × 4 inches.


[13]
1⅛ cups equal 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons.

Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 5,000 feet. If you live in a higher altitude, write for specially adjusted recipe, stating altitude at which you live and name of recipe.


PARTY FOOD
TO A MAN’S TASTE
Bacon Rarebit[14]
Creamy Cole Slaw
Dill Pickle Slices
Easy Fruit Coffee Cake[14]
Hot Coffee
[14] Recipes are in this book
FAMILY MEAL
STARRING DESSERT
Pork Chop Dinner[15]
Mashed Potatoes
Sauerkraut
Hot Buttered Rolls
Slices of Angel Cake
with Holiday Sauce[15]
[15] Recipes are in this book

Whipped Cranberry Dressing

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 1 cup For 1¾ cups For 2½ cups
1. Chill until ice cold left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ⅓ cup left brace ½ cup
2. Wash, dry on towel, then put through medium knife of food chopper left brace fresh, raw CRANBERRIES left brace ⅓ cup left brace ⅔ cup left brace 1 cup
3. Add left brace SUGAR left brace 4 teasp. left brace 3 tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
SALT ¼ teasp. ⅓ teasp. ½ teasp.
WATER 4 teasp. 2 tablesp. 3 tablesp.
4. Boil 3 minutes, stirring often. Chill thoroughly.
5. Stir in left brace SALAD OIL left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2½ tablesp. left brace ¼ cup
6. Whip chilled milk with cold rotary beater until light and fluffy.
7. Add left brace LEMON JUICE left brace 2½ teasp. left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.

8. Continue whipping until stiff. Fold into chilled cranberry mixture. Serve on fruit salads or wedges of lettuce.


Quick Fruit Cake

(Photograph on front cover)


DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS For 2¼ lbs. For 4½ lbs.
1. Turn on oven; set at moderately slow (350° F.).
2. Grease a tube or loaf pan[16] holding about left brace 5 cups left brace 2 quarts
3. Break into pieces left brace 2-inch VANILLA WAFERS left brace 4 dozen (½ lb.) left brace 8 dozen (1 lb.)
4. Soak until soft in left brace PET MILK left brace ¾ cup left brace 1½ cups
5. Meanwhile, mix left brace FLOUR left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp.
pitted DATES,[17] cut in small pieces 1 cup 2 cups
seedless RAISINS[17] 1 cup 2 cups
broken NUTS 1 cup 2 cups
6. Beat together left brace well-beaten EGGS left brace 2 left brace 4
SUGAR ½ cup 1 cup
CINNAMON ¾ teasp. ½ teasp.
NUTMEG ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
ALLSPICE ½ teasp. 1 teasp.
SALT ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.
7. Add to soaked wafers and mix well. Stir in floured fruit mixture. Put into greased tube pan. Bake on oven shelf slightly below center until cake shrinks from sides of pan and is firm to the touch, or about left brace 1¼ hours[16] left brace 1½ hours[16]

8. Let stand in pan 5 minutes before removing.
[16] If loaf pan is used, bake smaller cake 1½ hours and bake larger cake 2 hours.
[17] Cut-up candied pineapple and cherries can replace half of the dates and raisins.
Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 7,000 feet.

Pork Chop Dinner

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Mix well left brace FLOUR left brace 1 tablesp. left brace 2 tablesp. left brace 3 tablesp.
SALT ¾ teasp. 1¼ teasp. 2 teasp.
PEPPER few grains few grains ⅛ teasp.
2. Roll in flour mixture left brace PORK CHOPS about 1 in. thick left brace 2 (⅔ lb.) left brace 4 (1⅓ lbs.) left brace 6 (2 lbs.)
3. Brown on both sides in skillet containing left brace hot SHORTENING left brace 2 teasp. left brace 4 teasp. left brace 2 tablesp.
4. Drain off fat. Sprinkle any remaining flour mixture over chops.
5. Pour around chops left brace LIQUID off corn[18] left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup left brace 1 cup
6. Cover tightly and cook very slowly 30 minutes.
7. Remove cores from left brace unpared APPLES left brace 2 small left brace 4 small left brace 6 small
8. Cut into thick slices, then arrange on chops. Cover tightly; cook slowly 15 min. longer, or until tender. Remove meat and apples from skillet. Keep hot.
9. Stir into liquid in skillet left brace PET MILK left brace ¼ cup left brace ½ cup left brace ¾ cup
whole kernel CORN cooked or canned, drained 1 cup 2 cups 3 cups
SALT ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp. ½ teasp.

10. Boil slowly and stir until sauce thickens. Serve with chops and apples.

[18] If there is not enough liquid off corn, add water.


Cauliflower With Egg Sauce

DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS FOR 2 FOR 4 FOR 6
1. Break into flowers left brace CAULIFLOWER left brace 1 small (¾ lb.) left brace 1 medium (1½ lbs.) left brace 1 large (2¼ lbs.)
2. Dice leaves and stems to cook with flowerets.
3. Cover and boil mixture 10 minutes, or until tender in left brace boiling WATER left brace 1 cup left brace 2 cups left brace 2½ cups
SALT ½ teasp. 1 teasp. 1½ teasp.
4. Meanwhile, mix in saucepan left brace condensed cream of MUSHROOM SOUP left brace ⅓ cup left brace ¾ cup left brace 1 can
PET MILK ¼ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
SALT few grains ⅛ teasp. ¼ teasp.
PEPPER few grains few grains few grains
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (can omit) ¼ teasp. ½ teasp. ¾ teasp.
5. Fold in diced left brace hard-cooked EGGS left brace 1 left brace 2 left brace 3

6. Heat and stir over low heat. Do not boil.

7. Drain cauliflower mixture and serve with the hot sauce.