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f J " i ' ' - ' - Statesman's Market Section KUNDID f: souan SECTION TWO The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 1$, 1951 ' of j .-. . ; ! h - , 1651 I mmlSMUffm Top to Bottom Pie Crust Making Specialized Talent By Maxine Buren Statesman Woman's Editor Women have their culinary specialties, as we know, some of them being experts on cake, others meats and yet others pie. We're a pie person ourselves. Perhaps it is because we are inclined to be sketchy with the measurements that we feel ourselves at a disadvantage when among experts in the cake field. But coming from a long line of expert pie makers, we believe ourselves qualified to discuss pie making and eating. We have frequent calls from women who have difficulty with their pie crusts. We were taught that the secret of rood pie paste is to have shortening: coarse, as little ice water as possible to hold it together and to handle as little as possible. This we do with our pie crust, and we think it is pretty good. Now comes a new method, worked out by the manufacturers of a shortening. We tried it and believe it to be good for those who have difficulty with the old fashioned way of mixing crust. However, the crust is less flaky than the older type, having the shortening mixed thoroughly it is rather short, especially when used hot We'd recommend you try it, and check for yourself, it may be just what you and the family like. WATER WHIP PIE CRUST i cup vegetable shortening 2 cups sifted flour Y cup boiling water 1 -teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon milk Put shortening in a bowl, add milk and boiling water. With a fork, whip the mixture up until smooth, tilting the bowl and using a swift cross-bowl stroke. Sift flour and salt into shortening, stir quickly until thorough ly mixed and dough clings together and leaves the sides of the bowl. Pick up and shape intflat round. This makes pastry for a 9-inch 2 -crust pie. We've long been making extra pies while we are at it, and popping them uncooked into the freezer. We have an unlimited supply of delicious pies that way, with very little extra trouble. We get just as much flour on the linoleum from one pie as three. For ourselves, we prefer individual pies. We recently received a recipe for an old fashioned sweet potato pie, which might be of interest to our readers. We intend to try it out at home. Incidentally, we have been freezing some of our pumpkin pies and like sometimes to eat them while partially frozen. They are very much like the pumpkin ice cream which one purchases during the Thanksgiving season. This sweet potato pie might work out that way too. OLD-FASHIOXED SWEET POTATO PIE . 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1Y cups mashed sweetpotatoes Few drops lemon extract Yi cup brown sugar (well packed) 2 tablespoons melted butter, or margarine Vz teaspoon salt teaspoon utmeg leaspoon&pnger Beat eggs in a mixing bowl; rotary beater until smooth. Add remaining ingredients; stir well and pour into the pastry shell. Bake in a hot oven (450') 15 minutes. Reduce heat to a moderate oven (350) and continue to bake about 35 minutes, or until firm and the crust is brown. Top with grated . cheese and candied orange rind. One 8-inch pie. Butter Cake Is Simple to Make Two eggs only go into this cake that makes two layers. It will be good for topping with a fruity sauce for pudding, or frosting with chocolate or mocha icing. BUTTER CAKE cup butter 1 cups sugar, sifted teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon extract V teaspoon mace 2 eggs, well beaten 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk Cream butter and sugar thor oughly, add salt, flavorings, and eggs; blend well. Sift flour and baking powder three times, add al ternately with milk. Bake in two buttered layer pans (9 Inches) in a moderate oven (350 ) 25 to 30 minutes. Ml ON 10-LB. SACK SAVE 8 ON 4-LB. SACK SAVE 6 ON 2MB. PACKAGE SAVE 3; Oil 1MB. PACKAGE Now, before this moneysaving sale closes, discover how you can serve truly lighter pancakes with Pillsburyi Pancake Mix. Yes, this mix gives you pancakes with real lightness every time ... old-fashioned heartiness of flavor, too. Easyj with Pillsbuiy Pancake Mix . . . you just add milk. Get some today. Save on PiUsbury Pancake Mix during this special Pancake Sale. Hurry I Cmer closes shortly I 14 cups rich milk 1 8-inch unbaked pie shell cup grated cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons candied orange rind add sweetpotatoes and beat with TEA FOR CURTAINS After eggshell or ecru; curtains have been washed clean, add strong tea to the last rinse. This will help restore their color and cover up any faded streaks. Cheese, Ricei Bake in Molds Rice joins cheese in this family pudding. RICE MOLDS 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 1 cup rice, cooked 1 cup American cheese, grated teaspoon salt Vt teaspoon pepper Combine all Ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour into ; buttered loaf pan or custard cups. Place in pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven (350) 3 to 45 minutes. Serves 6. (plaia m badmtoaO $ As This old fashioned sweet potato ones the expert piecrust maker Pretty family. Grated cheese forms a fluffy circle around the top accented by candied orange peel. mmmmmmmmmmm Fig Cookies in Cream Pudding Add dried figs to salads, muf fins, desserts of all kinds or simply eat as is for between-meal munch ing. A food combination, sure to make a hit with the youngsters of the family, is fig cookies with ice cream. Here is a new dessert easy to make and delightful" to serve. CHERRY ICE CREAM PUDDING 20 Fig cookies, about 1 cup top milk 1 1 1 cup heavy cream cup toasted chopped almonds cup minced seeded raisins quart cherry ice cream Crumble the fig cookies into the top milk in a small saucepan and place over low heat. Stir until the cookies are blended with the milk. Cool. Whip the cream until it Is almost stiff. Combine the cookies and the milk, cream, chopped al monds and the minced raisins with the ice cream. Work quickly and do not let the ice cream melt. Stir until smooth and turn at once into the freezing tray of your mechani cal refrigerator. Freeze quickly. Stir once while freezing but do not remove from the pan. Serves 8 or 10. This lovely ice cream pudding is worthy of a formal dinner or a simple supper for the family. It's so delicious and easy to make and it's filled with the health-giving goodness of California dried figs. FINE CHINA TIP Wash china after each meal to preserve the design and lustre which might be injured from salty and acid foods. 15 . - Picture 7.f "Til V ' i pie is one of the many attractive can build for the pleasure of her QUICK TREAT FOR UNEXPECTED GUESTS To unexpected guests serve this quick-and-easy treat. Mix 2 cups chopped chicken or turkey with 1 can of condensed celery soup. (Either leftover meat or canned chicken or turkey may be used). Spread on lightly toasted bread and sprinkle with choDDed chives. parsley, or caDrika for color con trast. Pimento mav be added to the mixture, if desired. Arrange the bread slices on a cookie sheet, and toast in a pre-heated oven (375 decrees F.) for 10 minutes Homemakers' also wKl find these hot sandwiches delicious and sat isfying for simple lunches on busy days. Carrots in Soup Joined by Cheese Cream of carrot soup has some thing added, when flavor's given a boost with cheese, as in this recipe: h cup butter 4 tablespoons flour 4 cups milk 1 cup raw carrots, grated Yi teaspoon salt V teaspoon pepper V cup American cheese, grated Make thin white sauce with but ter, flour and milk. Cook carrots in small amount of water until tender. Add carrots, with liquid and seasonings. Reheat. Sprinkle cheese over top just before serv ing. Serve with toasted bread sticks or squares. Serves 6. J -IT oriental mmm 7G TnTi n if 57 Breads Use Yeast; Fun To Make Yeast is fun to work with, and even inexperienced cooks can get pleasure and profit from using it. Here are two breads using the yeast for leavening. The first, a tea ring is enough for four 10-inch rings DAIRYLAND TEA RING cups milk, scalded 6 tablespoons butter cup sugar 2 teaspoons salt 2 cakes compressed yeast 7 cups flour (approximately) 3 eggs, well beaten 1 cup American cheese, grated 'i cup butter, melted 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup raisins Add butter, sugar, and salt to hot milk. Let cool. Add crumbled yeast, let stand 3 minutes. Add 3 cups flour. Beat thoroughly. Add eggs, cheese and remainder of flour, or enough to make a soft dough. Knead lightly. Let rise un til doubled in bulk. Roll out in oblong form Y inch thick. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar and raisins. Roll up lengthwise, cut into quarters and form each quarter into a circle on a buttered baking sheet. With scissors cut -inch slices almost through the roll. Turn each slice partly on its side. Let rise until light. Bake in a hot oven (400 to 425 degrees F.) 25 to 30 min utes. The coffee cake smacks of old- world flavor and style, a little complicated but fun to make. KAFFEE KUCHEN (Coffee Cake) (Serves 12) Dough 1 cup milk, scalded Yi cup butter Y cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 cake compressed yeast 2 eggs, beaten 4 cups flour Add butter, sugar, and salt to hot milk. Cool to lukewarm. Add crumbled yeast, let stand 3 min utes. Add eggs and flour. Beat well. Put In refrigerator over night. In morning pat into but 1 ' f " "' v "' -'". ':.'.:-:'-:J''- ' y ' " j , .". . .i::- I 7:VM,.,77' - ;7 7-,.; ,77 r tered snrinc form or hakinz nan and let rise until light Streosel Yt cup flour Yi, cup sugar ' 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon Combine all ingredients, mix with fingers until small lumps are formed. Spread over dough after it has raised. Bake in a moderately hot oven (375 to 425 degrees F.) Yz hour. Frosting Yt cup butter N 2 tablespoons milk cup confectioners' sugar Cook ingredients for 10 minutes. Put over Kaffee Kuchen when taken from oven. HAPPY PEOPLE In a recent survey Dr. George Gallup, director of the American Institute of Public Opinion, dis covered that "very happy" people sleep best of all, and the unhappy suffer most from insomnia. TsTAYUiyiR 1 GOOD i, HABIT rite I " ' Pillows Useful To Head, Feet One of the quickest ways to awaken a sleeper is to tap him on the soles 'of his feet It has been proved that a sleeper will awaken more easily by a poke at his feet than by the same force directed at his chest or his stomach. In fact the comfort of one's feet is sometimes uppermost in his mind. 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