DOMESTIC

New Zealand Tablet, 26 August 1920, Page 41

DOMESTIC

(B? Maureen.)

Economy Muffins. To make muffins without eggs, mix and sift two cups flour, four teaspoons baking, powder, two tablespoons sugar, and one teaspoon salt. . Add one cup milk, stirring until all lumps are out, then add two tablespoons melted fat. Beat well and bake in greased muffin tins in hot oven for 20 minutes. Old-Fashioned Rhubarb Fritters. Beat together two 'eggs ; add one cupful milk and a quarter of a teaspoon salt. Mix together .three cups flour, three tablespoons sugar, and three level tablespoons baking powder. Combine the liquid with the flour mixture, and add one large cup of chopped rhubarb that has been scalded in. boiling water and drained, and two tablespoons melted shortening. Beat to the consistency of a thick drop batter, and add a little additional milk, if necessary. Fry in deep fat and serve with sugar and cinnamon. Rhubarb Dumpling. Make a suet crust with one-half pound flour, onequarter pound chopped suet, one tablespoon breadcrumbs, one teaspoon baking powder, 'pinch of salt and cold water. Cut off enough of the pastry to cover top- of pudding, roll the remainder out till enough to line a well-greased basin, pressing it well to the sides of the bowl. Fill with prepared rhubarbadd sugar and lemon peel. Roll out the remaining piece of crust just large enough to cover top of- pudding. Having first brushed the edges of the pastry with water, press them well together. Cover with greased paper and steam for two hours. Serve with custard or cream.

An Easy Way to Make Layer Cake. The following is a very excellent recipe for a are P a le cun of ° bG baked - in Ia T ers - The ingredients aie a cup of sugar, a cup of flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, and two eggs; break the eggs in a cup and on top of them milk enough to fill the cup; add to the other ingredients and beat well for five minutes • bake 111 Myers in a moderate oven. ' ’ bake

Boiled Icing. an™” 1 K la l" boiled idllg of either milk or water allow the boiled sugar to become almost cold after removing from the fire before stirring. When made n this way the icing is more creamy, and if whites of

eggs are. used, they will not curdle and the'frosting will not run from the cake?' ■'" _ '■' . '.•-<' <:;. - * ,/; Household Hints. ''' '< One quart of milk is equal to about 10 eggs in fits nutritive value, and weight for weight is the cheapest form of -food. . ' Put old tea-leaves in a jar, and at the end of the week pour boiling water over them. The liquid ; is splendid for cleaning windows and mirrors. ' -A copper will not rust if it is coated with soft soap after the water is emptied away. The soap makes the next lot of water soft and ready for use. To prevent dust lines on the paper behind pictures, drive a small brass-headed tack in each lower corner of the frame to hold it out from the wall to that air can circulate behind it*. Never rub silk. Make a suds, using warm, not hot water and white soap. Swash the garment gently m the soap water. Do not wring, but squeeze carefully Rinse m several waters, using cold water for the last rinsing. Shake out well, fold smoothly and wrap m a cloth until almost dry. Iron on wrong side with a moderately hot iron. .