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powder 1 beaten egg ½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ cup milk 1 square melted chocolate 1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix in order given, put in pudding mold, cover closely, and steam one hour. Serve with cream or Soft Sauce (see No. 617).

549.—COTTAGE PUDDING
¼ cup shortening 2 cups flour ½ cup sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg ¼ teaspoon salt ¾ cup milk

Cream the butter; add the sugar and the well-beaten egg, and beat well; add the milk and then the flour, baking powder, and salt, which have been sifted together; beat again, and bake in hot oven in pudding dish about half an hour, or in individual tins about twenty minutes. Serve with hot liquid sauce.

550.—STEAMED FIG PUDDING
½ cup shortening 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon nutmeg 1 egg well beaten ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 1 pound figs chopped ½ cup molasses ¼ cup currants 2½ cups flour ½ cup flour 5 teaspoons baking powder

Mix shortening and sugar, and beat until creamy; add egg, milk, and molasses, add two and a half cups of flour sifted with baking powder, spices, and salt; beat well; add figs and currants mixed with one-half cup of flour. Pour into a greased mold, and steam three hours, or pour into greased one-pound baking powder boxes, and steam an hour and three-quarters. Serve with Cranberry Sauce (see No. 606) or Currant Jelly Sauce (see No. 608). This pudding keeps well and can be reheated in the top of the double boiler.

551.—STEAMED FRUIT PUDDING
1 egg well beaten ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ cup water ¼ teaspoon clove 2 tablespoons melted shortening ½ teaspoon mace 1½ cups flour ¾ cup raisins seeded and chopped ½ teaspoon soda ¼ cup currants

Mix egg, molasses, water, and shortening; add dry ingredients sifted together; add fruit; mix well, pour into greased one-pound baking powder boxes, and steam an hour and three-quarters. Serve with a tart sauce. One cup of dates, stoned and cut in pieces, may be used instead of raisins and currants.

552.—MOCK INDIAN PUDDING
2 slices bread buttered 1/3 cup sugar 2 cups milk ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ½ cup molasses ¼ teaspoon salt

Butter two slices bread cut three-quarters of an inch thick, put into buttered baking dish, and pour over the bread the rest of the ingredients mixed together. Bake one and a half hours in a slow oven.

553.—INDIAN TAPIOCA PUDDING
1/3 cup pearl tapioca ½ cup molasses 2 cups boiling water 1 tablespoon butter 1½ teaspoons salt ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ cup corn meal 3 cups hot milk

Soak tapioca in cold water for one hour, and drain; add salt to boiling water, sift in corn meal, and boil ten minutes, stirring often; add tapioca and other ingredients, pour into a greased earthen dish, and bake slowly for two hours.

554.—PEACH DUMPLINGS

Cover halves of preserved peaches with Shortcake Dough (see No. 441) rolled thin; bake in hot oven, and serve with hot peach sirup and hard sauce.

555.—BAKED RICE CUSTARD
1 cup cooked rice Pinch of salt 2 eggs 1½ cups milk 1/3 cup sugar ½ teaspoon lemon extract

Mix in order given and bake about twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve hot or cold with cream or rich milk.

556.—BAKED RICE PUDDING
½ cup rice ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups milk ½ nutmeg grated 2 cups boiling water 1 cup raisins seeded and chopped ¼ cup sugar

Wash rice, mix with other ingredients, pour into a greased baking dish, and bake slowly for three hours. Stir occasionally during first hour of baking to prevent rice and fruit from settling. Serve with rich milk or cream.

557.—MULLED RICE
½ cup rice ¼ teaspoon salt 2 cups hot milk 1 egg 1 tablespoon butter ½ teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons grape juice

Wash rice, and cook with milk, butter, sugar, and salt in double boiler until tender; beat egg, add nutmeg and grape juice, stir into rice, and cook five minutes. Serve with cream or rich milk.

CHAPTER XXV COLD DESSERTS 558.—BANANA ROYAL
4 bananas ¼ cup powdered sugar ¼ cup currant jelly 4 slices of French Toast (see No. 467) or stale sponge cake

Force bananas and jelly through potato ricer or a sieve, add sugar, and heap on French toast or sponge cake. Or line individual glasses with lady fingers and fill with banana mixture.

559.—BANANA WHIP
4 bananas 4 tablespoons powdered sugar 4 tablespoons grape juice or jelly Whites of 2 eggs

Peel and scrape bananas, force through a sieve; add grape juice, sugar, and stiffly beaten whites of eggs; pile lightly in individual glass dishes, garnish with bits of jelly, and serve at once. All materials should be very cold.

560.—BANANA AND GRAPE JUICE JELLY
½ box gelatine ¼ cup strained lemon juice ½ cup grape juice ¾ cup sugar 2½ cups boiling water 2 large bananas

Soak gelatine in grape juice five minutes; dissolve in boiling water, add lemon juice and sugar. When jelly begins to stiffen, beat with egg beater, and add the bananas pressed through a sieve.

561.—BLACKBERRY MOLD
1 quart blackberries 2 cups water ½ cup sugar ¾ cup farina ¼ teaspoon salt

Heat berries, sugar, salt, and water, and when boiling add farina slowly. Cook over hot water half an hour, turn into a mold, and serve cold with cream. Blueberries, either fresh or canned, may be used in place of blackberries.

562.—CHARLOTTE RUSSE FILLING
1½ cups thin cream ¼ cup hot milk 1½ teaspoons gelatine 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 2 tablespoons cold milk ½ teaspoon vanilla

Whip the cream with a whip churn; skim off the froth as it rises, and place in a fine sieve to drain; soak gelatine in cold milk, dissolve in hot milk, add sugar and flavoring. Stir occasionally until mixture begins to stiffen; then fold in the whip from the cream.

563.—CHOCOLATE BLANCMANGE
2 cups hot milk ¼ cup sugar 4 tablespoons cornstarch 1½ squares chocolate melted ¼ teaspoon salt Whites 2 eggs ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Scald milk; mix cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, and sugar; add slowly to milk, and cook over hot water until thickened, stirring constantly; add chocolate and cook for fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally; fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs, and turn into individual molds to chill.

564.—COCONUT AND ORANGE JELLY
½ box gelatine 1/3 cup sugar ½ cup cold water 1 can coconut 1 cup hot milk Cold milk ¼ cup orange marmalade

Soak gelatine in cold water for five minutes; dissolve in hot milk; add marmalade and sugar; drain one can of coconut, and add to coconut milk enough cold milk to make one and a half cups; mix with jelly, add coconut, and pour into a mold to chill.

565.—COFFEE CARAMEL CUSTARDS
½ cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup milk Few grains salt 1 cup strong coffee

Put sugar in smooth saucepan, and stir over fire until a light-colored caramel is formed. (Avoid burning.) Heat milk and coffee, add to caramel, and keep over hot water until caramel is dissolved; add eggs slightly beaten and salt; strain into cups, and bake in slow oven until firm.

566.—COFFEE JUNKET
2 cups lukewarm milk Few grains salt ¼ cup sugar ½ junket tablet 1 teaspoon instantaneous coffee 1 teaspoon cold water

Mix milk, sugar, coffee, and salt; stir until sugar is dissolved; dissolve junket tablet in cold water, add to milk, and pour into glasses. If milk is overheated junket will not be firm.

567.—CRANBERRY WHIP

Follow recipe for Prune Whip (see No. 574), using one cup of strained cranberry sauce instead of prunes.

568.—SOFT CUSTARD
2 cups milk Few grains salt Yolks of 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cornstarch ¼ cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla

Scald the milk; mix sugar, salt, and cornstarch, add to beaten egg yolks, and stir into the hot milk; cook over hot water ten minutes, stirring constantly until thickened; beat with egg beater; strain, cool, and add vanilla. To vary the flavor, the sugar may be caramelized, or other extracts may be used. Serve in glasses with a meringue made of the whites of eggs beaten stiff and sweetened with two tablespoons of sugar. Garnish with dots of red jelly.

569.—COFFEE AND RICE JELLY
½ box gelatine 1 cup milk ½ cup cold coffee ¾ cup sugar 2 cups hot strong coffee 1 cup cooked rice

Soak gelatine in cold coffee five minutes; add hot coffee and stir until dissolved; add milk and sugar; chill, and, when beginning to stiffen, beat with egg beater, add rice, and turn into a mold.

570.—FRUIT CREAM
2 bananas 1 tablespoon granulated gelatine 1 orange ¼ cup boiling water ½ lemon 1 cup cream whipped 1/3 cup powdered sugar

Press bananas through a sieve; add juice and pulp of orange, juice of lemon, sugar, and gelatine which has been dissolved in hot water. Stir over ice water until mixture begins to stiffen, then fold in the cream. Put in mold and chill.

571.—SPICED FRUIT JELLY
6 apples 1 tablespoon gelatine ½ cup cranberries ¼ cup cold water ¾ cup boiling water ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup sugar ¼ teaspoon clove

Core and slice apples, and cook with cranberries and boiling water fifteen minutes; press through a sieve, add sugar, gelatine dissolved in cold water, and spice. Stir until sugar is dissolved, pour into a mold, and put in a cool place until firm.

572.—FRUIT WHIP (Uncooked)
4 tart apples grated 2 tablespoons fruit jelly 4 figs chopped Whites of 2 eggs 8 dates stoned and chopped

Mix fruit; mash jelly with a fork; add to fruit, and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Serve in glasses, and garnish with bits of jelly.

573.—PINEAPPLE PUDDING

Follow recipe for Chocolate Blancmange (see No. 563), omitting chocolate and cinnamon, and adding one-half can of grated pineapple.

574.—PRUNE WHIP

Press cooked and stoned prunes through a sieve; to one cup of prune pulp add two tablespoons of sugar; beat the whites of two eggs very stiff; add prune mixture gradually, and beat well with a strong egg beater; when light turn into a small greased baking dish or into four individual dishes, and bake in a slow oven about twenty minutes, or until firm. Serve plain or with a custard sauce made from the yolks of the eggs.

575.—PRUNE AND WHEAT MOLD
1 cup prunes ¼ teaspoon salt Boiling water ½ cup Cream of Wheat

Wash prunes, soak over night; cook in same water until tender, and remove the stones; measure prunes and juice, and add boiling water to make one quart; add salt; slowly sift in wheat, and cook over hot water for half an hour, stirring often at first; turn into a mold to cool.

576.—JELLIED PRUNES AND CRANBERRIES
1 cup prunes 1 cup sugar Boiling water ½ box gelatine 1 cup cranberries chopped ½ cup cold water

Wash prunes, and soak over night in water to cover; cook until soft in same water; drain, measure juice, and add enough boiling water to make three cups; put cranberries in a colander and rinse off the seeds with running water; drain, and add to water; add sugar,

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