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THE MANITOBA HEALTH COOK BOOK

Date Duff

Y c. flour Y, t. salt 1 c. dates (chopped)
2 eggs 2 t. b-powder 1c. nuts (chopped)
1 c. sugar

Sift flour, salt and baking powder well, mix nuts and dates
with sugar, and add to first mixture. Stir in egg yolks, then fold
in beaten egg whites. Bake 40' minutes in a moderate oven. Serve
hot with whipped cream. May be kept and steamed later.

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Lemon Slices
22 graham wafers Y, ec. fruit sugar 14, c. soft butter
Roll wafers very fine. Mix sugar and butter until mixture
forms coarse crumbs. Reserve a half cup of this and pat remainder
into a well-greased shallow pan and bake 8 to 10 min. in moderate,

350 deg. F., oven.

Filling :
3 eggs 1-3 c. flour Juice 1 lemon
¥%, c. granulated sugar 3 T. water

Beat egg yolks, add sugar and flour mixed together. Add
water and lemon juice and cook over hot water until custard is thick
and smooth. Cool and spread over baked cake.

Beat egg whites until stiff, add 5 T. w-sugar and continue beat-
ing until meringue is formed. Spread over custard filling and
sprinkle with 1/7 c. of crumbs which were reserved from first part.

Return to oven and bake at low temperature, 325 deg. F.,
until meringue is delicately browned, about 20 minutes. Cut in
slices to serve.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Y, ce. butter 34 c. sugar | 2 eggs
¥% ec. milk 2 c. flour 2 t. b-powder

Grease pan for baking. Put 2 T. butter and 1 c. brown
sugar in pan and heat until sugar dissolves. Add as many slices of
canned pineapple as pan will hold. Next, mix cake batter by cream-
ing butter, add sugar and cream again. Add eggs. Add milk
alternately with flour. Lastly add baking powder. Pour into
greased pan over the slices of pineapple and bake in oven—375

deg. F. About 45 min.

Apple Dumplings

~ Roll out pastry dough in rounds about the size of fruit plates.
In the centre of each, place a pared and cored apple. Sprinkle
apple with a mixture of sugar, cinnamon, and a few grains of salt,
and dot with butter. Lift edges of dough and press together. Bake
in greased muffin tins in a moderate oven (350 to 375 deg. F.) for
30 min. Serve hot with hard or liquid sauce. Q

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