Banana Filling

 3 T flour

3 T sugar

1/2 cup milk

2 T lemon juice

1/2 cup mashed bananas

3 T melted butter

Cook flour, sugar add milk until thick. My bananas & lemon.

*Blogger's note: I know this one is confusing. It was jotted down on a 3x5 scrap paper. Perhaps the writer meant mix or add bananas & lemon.. I don't know. I don't even know what this filling is for. Have fun! 

Salmon Aspic

One can or one pound of fresh salmon

A little celery

Chile sauce

Chopped green peppers

Season to taste and mix well. 

Soak 1 package of gelatine in one cup (cold) water until dissolved, then add another cup of water seasoned with lemon juice and boil. Pour on fish- remove to mold and let remain until firm. Serve with boiled mayonnaise dressing.

Submitted by J. J. R. of St. Louis 

Dieters' Garden Relish Salad

4 cups finely chopped green cabbage

3/4 cup finely chopped carrot

1 med. green pepper, chopped

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

3/4 cup cider vinegar

4 1/2 teaspoons sweetener solution

1 tbsp salt

1/2 tsp mustard seed

1/2 tsp celery seed

In a large bowl, combine the chopped vegetables. Combine the remaining ingredients in a jar and shake well. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss to coat well. Refrigerate, covered, several hours before serving.

Makes 6 cups, each 1/2 cup serving 16 calories Check your sweetener; the one we used measures 1 tablespoon as equal to 1/2 cup sugar.  

Brownies with Brownie Frosting

3/4 cup butter or margarine

3 squares baking chocolate

3 tbsp light corn syrup

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups sifted flour

3/4 tsp baking powder

6 tbsp milk

1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Combine the butter or margarine, baking chocolate and corn syrup in a saucepan. Warm over low heat until the chocolate is melted. Set aside to cool.

In a bowl, beat the eggs with a rotary beater; add the sugar gradually and continue beating until the mixture is thick and lemon-colored. Combine the flour and baking powder and sift into the egg and sugar mixture alternately with the milk. Add the cooled chocolate mixture, the nuts and the vanilla.

Bake in a greased 13x9" pan at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack covered with a dish towel or other cloth to prevent crustiness and keep the brownies moist. Frost when cool.

 

Brownie Frosting:

1 1/2 squares baking chocolate

6 tbsp milk

9 tbsp sugar

A pinch of salt

2 tbsp milk

2 tbsp cornstarch

1 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp vanilla

Combine the chocolate and milk and heat until the chocolate has melted. Blend smooth with whisk or fork. Add the sugar and salt. Combine the 2 tbsp milk with the cornstarch, blend smooth, add to the chocolate mixture and cook over moderately high heat, stirring constantly until smooth and thickened. Remove from the heat and add the butter and vanilla. This will thicken as it cools. When it is of spreading consistency, frost the entire top of the brownies and let stand to set. Then cut into squares. 

*Blogger's note: I was surprised to see instructions for keeping the brownies from getting crusty. I thought that was everybody's favorite part! 

Bread Pudding

2 slices bread

1 1/2 c milk

3 eggs

1 c sugar

raisins

cinnamon

butter

Bake 1/2 hr in hot oven.

*scribbled on scrap paper 

Date Tarts

4 eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup floured dates

1 cup nuts

Beat yolks and sugar together until light. Add nuts, dates, and stiffly-beaten whites. Bake in buttered muffin tins in moderate oven. This recipe serves 12. May be served with whipped cream.

Submitted by Lillian V. Schlesinger of St. Louis, Mo. 

Sausage with Baked Potatoes

Choose medium sized potatoes, scrub and dry, make a hole through each (use an apple corer if handy), stuff each potato by pressing sausage links or meat into the opening and bake in hot oven for about 30 minutes.

Submitted by Miss Katheryn McGinnis 

Pear Conserve

3 1/2 lbs. pears

2 lbs. of white or brown sugar

1/2 lb. of figs, dates, or raisins

1 cup walnut meats

Cooked down or till thick.

 *Handwritten on a time sheet 

Pepper Relish

2 doz red peppers

2 doz green peppers

28 large onions

Grind, and pour boiling water over all and let stand for 5 minutes. Drain and boil 20 minutes in 4 cups sugar and 2 quarts vinegar. 

*Handwritten on a time sheet 

Marshmallow Salad

1/2 pound marshmallows

4 slices pineapple, cut small

1/2 cup pecan meats

2 tablespoons of sugar

2 tablespoons of lemon juice

2 eggs

1/2 pint whipping cream

Cut marshmallows in small pieces. Beat yolks of eggs; add lemon juice and sugar, cook in double boiler until thick. Pour over marshmallows while hot. Add nuts and pineapple. Whip the cream and stir in well. Whip white of eggs in the cream. Serve plain or on lettuce leaf.

Submitted by Mrs. Edna N. Peper of St. Louis, Mo. 

Poppy Seed Cake

Soak one cup poppy seeds in three-fourths cup milk over night.

Batter- Cream one-fourth cup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, add three-fourths cup milk, two cups flour, three teaspoons baking powder, poppy seeds, and fold in beaten whites of four eggs. Bake in three layers.

Custard for filling- One-half cup sugar, one cup milk, yolks of four eggs, six teaspoons cornstarch, piece of butter size of a walnut, and one teaspoon vanilla. Boil until thick enough to spread between layers.

Submitted by Miss Marie Springer 

Stuffed Pepper Salad

3 medium sized green peppers

10 cents worth of cream cheese

1/4 cupful grated American cheese

1/4 cupful chopped olives

Cream, salt, paprika to taste

Remove tops from peppers and scoop out seeds. Parboil peppers a few minutes in salt water and allow to chill. Mix together cheese and olives, moisten with cream as needed and season to taste. Pack peppers, chill well, then slice and serve on lettuce leaves garnished with mayonnaise.

*Blogger's note: It seems hard to believe there was ever a time when you could request a quantity in a recipe based on a financial value. 

Plum Dumplings

Boil six large potatoes in salt water; drain and put through a press or mash with a potato masher. Beat one egg into the mixture, roll out on a board with a little flour. Wash plums and roll in the potato mixture, sweeten to taste and drop in boiling water. When done brown bread crumbs in drippings and serve hot.

Submitted by Mrs. A. Kilpatrick