Sift into a bowl
1/2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt and
Few grains cayenne. Add
1 egg yolk, mix well and add
1 tablespoon vinegar, stirring constantly.
Measure
3/4 cup salad oil and add 3 teaspoons
of the oil a drop at a time,
beating constantly. Then while beating, add it
1 teaspoon at a time
till mixture begins to thicken. When very thick,
add
1 tablespoon lemon juice and add remaining
oil rapidly. The whole
process should take about 7 minutes.
EGG BISCUITS
Sift together
2 cups bread flour, measured after sifting
once
5 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt and
1 tablespoon sugar. Work in with
fingers
2 tablespoons shortening. Add
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten, mixed with
2/3 cup milk, cutting it in with a knife.
Toss on floured cloth or
board and knead 5 minutes. Shape in any way suggested
below. Bake 15
minutes at 400 degrees F. Brush with milk or melted
butter just before
removing from the oven.
BISCUIT SHAPES
Make in small round balls and bake in muffin pans.
Bake 2 round balls in each muffin pan, brushing between with melted butter.
Bake 3 round balls in each muffin pan.
Roll 1/4 inch thick, spread with butter, roll up like a jelly roll, cut in pieces 1 inch thick, and bake in muffin pans.
Prepare as above, sprinkling with sugar and cinnamon before rolling.
Prepare as above, sprinkling with chopped nuts and maple sugar before rolling.
Roll 1/4 inch thick, spread with butter, fold in 3 layers, cut off strips 1 inch wide, twist and coil. When baked spread with confectioners’ frosting.
Shape and roll in strips 8 inches long and about as large around as a lead pencil and bake.
Roll 1/2 inch thick, cut with small oval cutter, brush with butter, double over and place close together and bake.
ORANGE LAYER CAKE
Beat together until thick
2 egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon grated orange rind
4 tablespoons orange juice and
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice. Add
3/4 cup sugar gradually, continuing to
beat with egg beater. Fold in
2 egg whites, beaten stiff and
1 cup pastry flour, sifted 4 times with
1/4 teaspoon soda and
1/4 teaspoon salt. Grease an angel
cake or deep round tin and line
bottom with greased paper. Pour in cake mixture
and bake 30 minutes at
375 degrees F. Split, put
Orange cream filling between layers, and
frost top with
Boiled orange frosting.
ORANGE CREAM FILLING
Melt
2 tablespoons butter, add
4 tablespoons cornstarch, and when mixed
add
Grated rind 1 orange
1 cup orange juice and
1 cup sugar. Bring to boiling point,
stirring all the time. Cook
15 minutes over boiling water.