NEW ORLEANS DARK NUT BREAD
¼ cup of sugar,
¾ cup hot water,
½ cup molasses,
¼ cup milk,
2 cups entire wheat flour,
1 cup bread flour,
5 teaspoons baking powder,
1½ teaspoons salt,
½ teaspoon soda,
¾ cup nut meats, finely chopped.
Mix in order given, sifting dry materials together before adding. Turn into a greased bread pan, let stand fifteen minutes, and bake in a moderate oven one hour.
BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGS
Take rich pie crust, roll thin as for pie and cut into rounds as large as a tea plate. Pare and slice fine, one small apple for each dumpling. Lay the apple on the crust, sprinkle on tiny bit of sugar and nutmeg, turn edges of crust over the apple and press together. Bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot with cold sauce.
JOHN BROWN CUSTARD
One quart of milk,
Four eggs,
One-half cup of sugar.
Beat eggs and sugar carefully together while milk is scalding. Then add gradually scalded milk, put back on stove and cook until thick, stirring constantly to prevent lumping. When cool, add any flavoring desired.
