* 1 Egg--1d. * * 1/2 gill Milk--1/2d. * * 1 teaspoonful Sugar * * 1 teaspoonful Jam * * 1 teaspoonful Flour--1d. * * Total Cost--21/2 d. * * Time--5 Minutes. * Beat the yolk and white of egg separately; beat the flour and milk together, and mix in the sugar and yolk of egg. Stir in the white, butter a saucer, put the jam at the bottom. Pour in the mixture, bake in the oven for five minutes, sprinkle with sugar, and serve. OXFORDSHIRE PUDDING * 1 pint Milk--2d. * * 1 1/2 oz. Rice--1/2d. * * 1 oz. Sugar * * Rind of Half a Lemon--1/2d. * * Total Cost--3d. * * Time--Two Hours. * Wash the rice well, strain off the water and put it into a pie-dish. Mix in the sugar and the rind of the lemon; pour over the milk, and let it sand for half an hour. Put it into a very slow oven, and bake till firm. This is a very delicious pudding if properly made; it should be firm, but not dry. MILK BISCUITS * 1/2 lb. Flour--1d. * * 1 gill Milk--1/2d. * * 1 oz. Butter * * 1/4 saltspoonful Salt--1d. * * Total Cost--21/2 d. * * Time--10 Minutes. * Rub the butter into the flour, sprinkle in the salt, and make into a dough with the milk; knead till smooth, roll out very thin. Cut into small rounds, prick well with a fork, put on to a floured tin and bake for about ten minutes. They should not get brown. SODA CAKE * 1 lb. Flour--2d. * * 1/2 lb. Currants--2d. * * 1/2 lb. Sugar--1d. * * 6 oz. Dripping * * 1 1/2 teaspoonsful Carbonate of Soda * * 1/2 pint Milk--2d. * * Total Cost--7d. * * Time--Two Hours. * Rub the dripping and the flour together; clean and stir in the currants and sugar. Stir in the soda and mix into a dough with the milk, beat for a few minutes. Pour into a tin which has been well rubbed with dripping, bake in a moderate oven for two hours. DIGESTIVE BISCUITS * 1/2 lb. Brown Meal * * 1/4 lb. Flour--1 1/2d. * * 1 1/2 gills Water * * 1 oz. Butter or Lard * * 1 oz. Sugar--1d. * * Total Cost--21/2 d. * * Time--5 Minutes. * Mix the meal and flour together, rub in the butter or lard and the sugar; mix into a dry paste with water, knead till smooth. Roll out very thin, cut into rounds, and bake in rather a slow oven. LEMON PUDDING * 1/2 lb. Flour--1d. * * 3 oz. Suet--1d. * * 1 Egg--1d. * * 2 Lemons--1d. * * 2 oz. Sugar * * 1/2 gill Water--1/2d. * * Total Cost--41/2 d. * * Time--Two Hours. * Sift the flour, chop the suet finely, and mix together. Stir in the sugar and the grated rind of the lemons, beat up the egg, add the juice of one lemon, and mix the pudding into a dough with this, and a little water if required. Dip a cloth in boiling water, tie the pudding in it; plunge into boiling water and boil two hours. Take out of the cloth and turn on to a hot dish, and pour round it the following sauce: Squeeze the juice of the other lemon into a small saucepan, stir in some sugar and a gill of water, and boil up; it is then ready. BLACK CAP PUDDING