LLING FOR PIE
1-1/2 cups corn syrup
1-1/2 cups water
1/3 cup cornstarch
2 eggs
1 tablespoon lemon rind
1/2 cup lemon juice (2 lemons)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Mix cornstarch and 1 cup water. Add to corn syrup. Cook over
direct flame until thick. Cook over hot water 20 minutes. Mix other
ingredients. Add one-half cup water and add to other mixture. Cook 5
minutes and use as filling--hot or cold.
SOUR CREAM FILLING FOR CAKE
1 cup sour cream (heated)
1 cup chopped nuts
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 teaspoon gelatine
2 tablespoons cold water
Soften gelatine in cold water. Add heated cream and when dissolved add
other ingredients. Chill and use for cake filling. This is a good way
of using up leftover cream which has turned.
MOCK MINCE MEAT FILLING FOR PIE
1 cup cranberries, chopped
1 cup raisins
1 cup corn syrup
2 tablespoons flour mixed with 1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons fat
Mix all. Bring to boiling point and place in double crust pastry or
cook until thick and use as filling for tarts.
PUMPKIN FILLING FOR PIE
2 cups stewed pumpkin
1 cup corn syrup
1 egg
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups milk
Mix all ingredients and bake in double crust pastry, or cook and serve
in cooked single crust with meringue.
MERINGUE FOR CHOCOLATE, LEMON OR PUMPKIN PIE
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons corn syrup
Beat whites until very stiff. Add corn syrup by folding in. Do not
beat.
WHEATLESS, EGGLESS, BUTTERLESS, MILKLESS, SUGARLESS CAKE
1 cup corn syrup
2 cups water
2 cups raisins
2 tablespoons fat
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1-1/2 cups fine cornmeal, 2 cups rye flour; or, 3-1/2 cups whole
wheat flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder, or, 1/2 teaspoon soda
Cook corn syrup, water, raisins, fat, salt and spices slowly 15
minutes. When cool, add flour, soda or baking powder, thoroughly
blended. Bake in slow oven 1 hour. The longer this cake is kept, the
better the texture and flavor. This recipe is sufficient to fill one
medium-sized bread pan.
SOUR MILK GINGER BREAD
2 tablespoons fat
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sour milk
1 teaspoon soda
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon ginger
Mix soda and molasses. Add other i
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