For Luncheon and Supper Guests eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about For Luncheon and Supper Guests.

For Luncheon and Supper Guests eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 48 pages of information about For Luncheon and Supper Guests.

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.

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