The Frontier Woman —
Creasing Overalls Front and Back Before
Putting Through Wringer Works Well
By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE
Hi there, all you figuring peo
ple!
Figuring out what to get who
for Christmas and with which?
Anyway, that's the way a per
son feels when the Christmas
rush hits them
and you try to
stretch a dollar
until it screams
for help. One
way to make
the pennies go
farther is to
make candy
and cookies for
some of those
folks who en
joy that sort of
thong.
Blanch* Spann
Peas*
Many folks don’t have the time
to do much cooking of their own
and they’ll particularly appreci
ate “made” gifts and many wo
men work and are too tired to
do much baking. And everyone
likes good things to eat — large
or small and middle sized.
An unusual candy is black
walnut molasses candy. Why not
make up a batch of it?
BLACK WALNUT MOLASSES
CANDY
Three cups granulated sugar, 1
cup water, lk teaspoon cream of
tartar, y« lb. butter, il cup molas
ses, y< cup vinegar, 1 cup black
walnuts, small pinch baking b>
da. Boil sugar, water, cream of
tartar, molasses, and vinegar to i
hard ball. Add butter and soda,
boil to brittle. Cover bottom of
buttered tin with the chopped
walnut meats. Turn over them
the hot syrup and when cold
break in pieces.
Do the youngsters want to
make candy? Here’s an uncooked
candy they can make — and
they’ll enjoy taking part in the
Christmas festivities.
Grate and melt over hot water
2 squares unsweetened chocolate.
Moisten confectioners .... sugar,
about a pound, with enough rich
milk or cream to make it all of
creamlike consistency. Stir in
chocolate, add a cup of peanuts,
and a teaspoon of vanilla. Stir
ail until well mixed but not hard.
Spread in a thin layer on but
tered tins. Mark into squares.
SOUR CREAM CANDY
Two cups brown sugar, lk cup
sour cream, Vfe cup sour milk
plus 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tea
spoon vanilla, V* teaspoon cream
' of tartar. Mix the sugar, cream
j of tartar, sour milk and butter
and the sour cream. Cook un
til a soft ball is formed when
dropped into cold water. Remove
from the fire, add vanilla and al
| low to cool. Beat until creamy
and place in a well buttered pan.
A favorite with our family is:
WHITE FUDGE
Three cups sugar, % cup milk,
one-third teaspoon cream of tar
| tar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tea
I spoon vanilla. Mix the ingredi
j ents in order named, and cook
until a soft ball is formed when
j a little of the candy is dropped
in a glass of water. Remove
from the fire and allow to cool.
Do not stir while cooking. When
cool, beat until creamy, add va
nilla, and pour into a well but
tered pan. When cold cut into ,
squares.
PUFFED RICE FUDGE
Three cups granulated sugar,
Vz cup evaporated milk, % cup
puffed rice, Ms cup sweet milk,
level tablespoon butter, teaspoon
maple flavoring.
Cook sugar, milk, and butter
to soft ball. Take from fire, add
flavoring and stir in rice which
has been crisped in the oven.
Beat until it begins to thicken,
pour into buttered tins and mark
into squares.
—tfw—
Mrs. Blain. Mrs. Roberts
Are Subscription Winners —
Mrs. Harold Blain, of Middle
branch, wins today’s subscription
and wants it added to her hus
band’s. Mrs. Fred Roberts, of
Atkinson, also wins a three
months’ subscription to The
Frontier.
Dear Mrs. Pease:
Have enjoyed the letters in
your column more than usual
lately. It seems we have more
variety, but I’m afraid this one
won't score very high on that
point.
When I’m about my work I
think of various household hints
but do you know they’ve about
all fled since I have decided to
write. Where’s my thinking cap?
‘‘A Farmer’s Wife” wrote that
she hangs overalls wrong side
| out and doesn’t put them through
the wringer to keep the colors
bright. I hadn’t thought of that.
11 put them through the wringer
from the last rinse as smooth as
I can, fronts of legs together, leg
first, then hang them by throw
ing the bib over the line and
pinning by the waist band. I un
fasten the buttons, too, so that
they dry quickly. Then if they
are folded neatly when dry, look
almost as good as if ironed.
Sometimes people crease ov
eralls front and back before
putting them through the
wringer. It works well for
small overalls but they dry too
slowly to suit me.
Oh yes, I starch overalls. They
look nicer, repell dirt better and
i wash easier.
Perhaps I should have made
, this a strictly Christmas letter. I
! wonder if someone else has had
the same experience I have had
making a regular Christmas fruit
cake. I made one a few years
ago. Did I ever have a time
finding all the candied goodies
called for? I thought 1 had some
thing extra special. And do you
, know my husband said “I’d rath
er have one of your applesauce
cakes with a few extra nuts and
raisins added.” Needless to say,
I’ve taken his suggestions. It’s
cheaper, saves time and fuss, too.
Recently, someone told me to
put chopped dates in my apple
sauce cake, too, and bake it as
much as two or three weeks be
fore Christmas. The November
9 Frontier Woman had a good
recipe for applesauce cake but 1
have another wrinkle for frost
ing for Christmas. I make a
plain powdered sugar frosting,
the desired consistency for
spreading, then add red and
green hard Christmas candy,
(other colors would do) which
have been crushed quite fine.
Just mix enough to distribute
candy quite evenly before
spreading. If mixed too long af
ter candy is added, the colors
will run together. This gives a
distinctive flavor to the frosting
as well as making it look more
Christmasy.
Thought I'd get presents
made ahead of time this year
but as usual I’m afraid it will be ,
the last-minute rush. However, |
I do have some Christmas greet
ing cards. I really like the scrip
ture cards or folders best as they
convey the real meaning of
Christmas, and Santa Claus gives
a false conception to my way of j
thinking.
I believe we’ve always had a
tree of some kind and decorated
it, even though it might be only
a low branch from a cedar tree.
It’s fun to make them take on a
shapely form and put on enough ;
baubles and trim to hide defects. 1
When some one says “What a
pretty tree!” it makes us feel
we have accomplished some
thing.
This letter has grown faster
than I thought it would, trust
you all have a happy Christmas.
MRS. HAROLD BLAIN,
Middlebranch, Neb.
—tfw—
Luscious Icing Recipes —
Dear Blanche:
I just finished icing a cake for
supper and as I was hunting up
the recipe, I just happened to
think that maybe somebody else
would like to try this recipe, too.
FLUFFY WHITE ICING
Mix together one cup sugar
and one-third cup water. Boil
without stirring until it reaches ;
242 F. or if you do not have a
candy thermometer — until it
spins an 8-inch thread. (Keep
pan covered first 3 minutes of
j boiling.) Beat two egg whites
I until stiff; add Vi teaspoon of
cream of tartar. Pour hot syrup I
over egg whites beating con- j
| stantly. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla
and continue beating till it holds
its shape. This makes enough ic
; ing for a two layer cake.
Here are two more good icing
j recipes:
CHOCOLATE DELUXE ICING
Melt two squares unsweetened
chocolate, add one-third cup soft
shortening, one large unbeaten
egg and mix well. Add two cups
sifted confectioner’s sugar and Vi
teaspoon salt. Beat with rotary
beater until fluffy. Ice cake and
Sprinkle chopped nuts or cocoa- ;
nut over top. Enough for two
layer cake.
PENUCHI ICING
Mix together 1 Ms cups brown
sugar (firmly packed in cup),
three-eighths cup milk. (Vi cup
plus 2 tablespoons) three-eighths
cup shortening, Vi teaspoon salt.
Allow sugar to dissolve, and
bring slowly to full rolling boil,
stirring constantly. Boil one min
ute. Remove from heat and beat
till lukewarm. Add three-fourths
to 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue
beating until thick enough to
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