=Banana Pudding.=--Beat the yolks of three eggs and whites of two. Add a
cupful of sugar, a scant half cupful softened butter, a cupful stale
cake crumbs and a cupful of milk. Beat all together well, then add
three bananas sliced thin, and the juice of a half lemon. Put into a
basin then in a well-buttered bag, seal and bake half an hour, take out,
cover with a meringue made from the whipped white of the egg that was
left over and a tablespoonful of sugar with a little lemon juice to
flavor. Strew a little candied peel over the meringue and set in the
oven, which should be quite cool for the meringue to rise slowly and
stiffen. Serve with lemon sauce.
=Farmer's Plum Pudding.=--Put into a basin two cupfuls of flour sifted
with two level teaspoonfuls baking powder, a pinch of salt and a level
teaspoonful ginger and cinnamon. Add one-half cupful sugar, one cupful
chopped suet, one-half cupful each candied peel and currants and
raisins. Make to batter consistency with one-half cupful each molasses
and milk and one beaten egg. Put in small buttered molds, set in paper
bag, pour in enough cold water to come three parts up the sides, seal
and bake two hours, reducing the heat of the oven after the first ten
minutes. Serve with hard or foamy sauce.
=Peach Betty.=--Sprinkle a layer of crumbs in a buttered baking dish and
over this a layer of peach quarters. Sprinkle with sugar, then repeat a
layer of crumbs and peaches and sugar until the dish is filled, having
the crumbs on top. Put in buttered bag and bake thirty-five minutes in a
moderate oven, and serve with sweetened cream. To prepare the buttered
crumbs melt a little butter and pour over the crumbs.
=Peach Cobbler.=--For this the richest and ripest peaches are none too
good. Some variety of the yellow peach is usually chosen because of its
superior richness. For its baking a pudding dish at least three and a
half inches deep is chosen. This is lined with a rich crust, a square
of the dough being taken from the bottom. Now peel enough ripe and
luscious peaches to fill the dish, tearing them apart but leaving the
pits in to impart their superior flavor. Sweeten abundantly, add about
two tablespoonfuls water, and a tablespoonful of butter cut in bits.
Cover with a layer of puff paste, sealing it down carefully on the sides
to the border, so as to lose none of the juices. Bag and bake in a quick
oven for forty-five minutes. When nearly done, draw to the edge of the
oven, open the top of the bag, dust with powdered sugar and set back a
few moments longer for the crust to glaze. This is perfection, whether
eaten hot or cold, serving it alone, with cream or with a hard sauce as
preferred.
=Peach Roly Poly.=--Make a sweet biscuit dough. Roll out thin and spread
with a layer of sliced or chopped peaches and roll the dough over as for
jelly roll. Put in buttered bag and bake in a moderate oven.
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