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AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES
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Pies and Desserts

CHESS PIES

Three eggs,
Two-thirds cup of sugar,
One-half cup of butter,
One-half cup of milk.

Cream butter and sugar and add to the well beaten yolks. Then add milk and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Mix well and bake on a nice crust. When done, spread with the whites and three tablespoonful of sugar and a little flavoring. Return to oven and brown.

HEAVENLY HASH

Sweeten, flavor and whip stiff one pint of cream. Add to cream one-half pound of marshmallows cut into small pieces. Set on ice to chill. Then add one-half pound of blanched almonds chopped fine and garnish with marschino cherries. Line bowl in which cream is put after being whipped, with powdered lady fingers or macaroons.

FOOD FOR THE GODS

One cup of sugar,
One-fourth pound of dates,
One-fourth pound of nuts,
Three tablespoonsful of cracker crumbs.

Beat whites of three eggs stiff and add one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and the above ingredients. Cut the dates and almonds into small pieces. Put mixture in a pudding pan set inside of a pan of water and bake in oven one hour. Cover while cooking. Serve with cream.