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VINEGAR PIE.
One egg, one heaping table-spoon flour, one tea-cup sugar; beat all well
together and add one table-spoon sharp vinegar, and one tea-cup cold water;
flavor with nutmeg and bake with two crusts.--Mrs. B. A. Fay.
BINA'S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.
Two heaping tea-spoons baking-powder sifted into one quart flour, scant half
tea-cup butter, two table-spoons sugar, a little salt, enough sweet milk (or
water) to make a soft dough; roll out almost as thin as pie-crust, place one
layer in a baking-pan, and spread with a very little butter, upon which sprinkle
some flour, then add another layer of crust and spread as before, and so on
until crust is all used. This makes four layers in a pan fourteen inches by
seven. Bake about fifteen minutes in a quick oven, turn out upside down, take
off the top layer (the bottom when baking), place on a dish, spread plentifully
with strawberries (not mashed) previously sweetened with pulverized sugar, place
layer upon layer, treating each one in the same way, and when done you will have
a handsome cake, to be served warm with sugar and cream. The secret of having
light dough is to handle it as little and mix it as quickly as possible.
Shortcake is delicious served with charlotte-russe or whipped cream.
Raspberry and peach shortcakes may be made in the same way.
ORANGE SHORTCAKE.
One quart flour, two table-spoons butter, two tea-spoons baking-powder
thoroughly mixed with the flour; mix (not very stiff) with cold water, work as
little as possible, bake, split open, and lay sliced oranges between; cut in
squares and serve with pudding sauce.--Mrs. Canby, Bellefontaine.
APPLE TARTS.
Pare, quarter, core, and boil in a half tea-cup of water until very soft, ten
large tart apples; beat till very smooth, then add the yolks of six eggs or
three whole eggs, juice and grated rind of two lemons, half cup butter, one and
a half cups sugar, or more if not sweet enough; beat all thoroughly, line little
tart-tins with puff-paste, and fill with the mixture, bake five minutes in a hot
oven.
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