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SHORTBREAD

8 ozs P. FLOUR
2 " CORN FLOUR
3 " C. SUGAR
7 " BUTTER

RUB 3 ozs BUTTER INTO DRY INGREDIENTS
KNEAD IN REST OF BUTTER

BAKE Nº 3 10 MINS
REDUCE Nº 2 1 HOUR


Ginger Bread

12 ozs P. Flour
3 " Marg
1 T. Cup Sugar
1 Tabl.Spoon Treacle
1 Teas. Spoon B. Soda
1 " " G. Ginger
1 " " M. Spice
½ lb Raisins
½ pt Milk

Rub Marg into Flour
Add dry ingredients
lastly treacle & fruit
then milk

330 Nº 3 1½ hrs


Short Crust Pastry

8 ozs P. Flour
2 " C. Sugar
5 " Echo Marg
Small Egg


Apple Crumble

4 ozs S.R. Flour
2 " C. Sugar
2 " Marg

Rub Marg into Flour & Sugar


Eve's Pudding

1 Cup S.R. Flour
3 Tablespoons C. Sugar

Melt in pan 3 ozs Marg

Mix Fat with Flour & Sugar

Add 1 Egg with little milk

Nº 5 380°
30 mins


Pan Cakes

1 ½ Cups S. R. Flour
¾ Cup C. Sugar
1 pinch Salt

Beat 1 Egg into 1 Cup Milk
Add 1 oz Melted Butter


Snowballs

2 ozs Butter
2 ozs C. Sugar
3 ozs S.R. Flour

2 Eggs Beaten

Nº 5 15 mins


Sponge Cake

5 ozs S.R. Flour
4 " C. Sugar
4 " Blue Band

2 Eggs

1 Tablsp. Milk
1 " Hot water

Nº 5 375° 20-25.


Sponge Cake

4 ozs S.R. Flour
4 " C Sugar
4 " Marg
1 Teasp. B. Powder
2 Tablesp. H. Water
2 Eggs

Nº 5 30 Mins


Choc Cakes

5 Tablesp. Cocoanut
3 " Porage
2 " D. Choc
Melt in Pan

2 ozs Marg
2 Tablesp. Sugar
2 " Milk

Mix Altogether

Roll in vermicilla


Walnut Loaf

3 Cups S.R. Flour
4 ozs Marg
1 Cup Sugar
1 " Currants
1 " Raisins
2 ozs Walnuts
1 Egg
1 Cup Milk

Nº 4 380 1 hr

Rub marg into flour


Corn Flakes

1 oz Marg
1 Tablesp. Icing Sugar
1 " Syrup
1 " Cocoa
2 " Cocoanut
7 " C. Flakes

Melt marg, sugar, syrup. Slowly Add Cocoa, Do not boil
Fold in cocoanut and Flakes


Coffee Buns

8 ozs S.R. Flour
4 " Marg
2 " S. Brown Sugar
2 " Demarara
½ teap Coffee Essence
2 ozs Currants
Small Egg

Rub Marg into Flour
Make a well in centre
Add sugar, Egg & coffee Essence
Roll into small ball

Nº 6. Gas


Melting Moments

2 ½ ozs Lard
1 ½ " Marg
3 " C. Sugar
4 " S. R. Flour
1 " Porage Oats
½ Egg

Cherries to Decorate

Cream Fat & Sugar
Beat in Egg
Work in Flour
Porage Oats
Drop Vanilla Essence

4° 30 mins


Yogurt Loaf

1 Carton Yogurt (orange)
3 Cartons S.R. Flour
2 Cartons Caster Sugar
¾ Carton Cook Oil
2 Eggs Well Beaten
Pinch Salt

Mix All Ingredients Together
Put into 2 2lb Loaf tins
Bake for 1 hour Nº 3 Gas
Line Tins


Dumpling

2 lbs S.R. Flour
1 lb B. Sugar
1 tablesp Syrup
2 ozs Shredded Suet
2 " C. Fat
½ Teasp B. Powder
½ lb Currants
½ lb Raisins
2 Teasp. Cinnamon
2 " Mixed Spice
½ " G. Ginger
Pinch Salt

Mix Flour. Rub in Fat
Add dry ingredients

Mix with water not too Soft
Sprinkle Flour on tea cloth
tie up not too tight
Boil for 3 hours
Put plate in bottom of pot


Beef Curry

2 ozs Butter
2 Onions
2 tablesp Curry Powder
2 " Flour
1 pt Stock
Salt & Pepper
12 ozs cooked beef
8 " " Veg.

Melt Butter, Fry Onions till brown.
Add Curry
Add Flour cook 1 min
Add Stock, stirring constantly
cook for 30 mins
Add meat & Veg.
Rice
Boil 2 Cups salted water
Pour in 1 Cup Rice bring to boil
Do not stir
Cover and simmer for 5 mins
Strain with boiling Water


Boston Creams

Boil 3 bottles Water

Add 2 lbs Sugar
2 ozs Tartaric Acid
Small bottle lemon juice
White of Egg


Souffle

½ lb Sugar
1 Lemon Table Jelly
Juice & Rind 2 Lemons
2 Eggs
½ pt Double Cream

Put sugar, Rind, Juice & Yolks into Saucepan. Stir till it boils. Melt Jelly in ½ pt water
Add to mixture & Sieve into Bowl
When cool add whites egg Beaten
Whip cream with a little Sugar
Fold Cream into mixture
When cold decorate with choc


Sultana Cake

12 ozs S.R. Flour
6 " Marg
6 " C. Sugar
12 ozs Sultanas

5 Eggs

Nº 4 1 ½ Hours


Christmas Cake

½ lb Butter
½ lb C. Sugar
7 Eggs
1 ½ lb mixed Fruit
¼ Cherries
¼ ground Almonds
½ lb P. flour
1 teasp. Mixed Spice
1 " Cinnamon
½ " B. Powder
Nº 3 1 hr.
Nº 2 2 hrs
Nº 1 1 hr

Cover with tin foil last hour


Prawn Cocktail

4 ozs Prawns
4 Tablsp. Mayonaise
1 " Tomato Pureé
2 " Thick Cream
1 Teasp. Worcester Sauce


Liquor

2 lbs Damsons
2 lbs Sugar

1 Bottle Gin

Leave in Jar

3 months

Keep stirring
Strain


EMPIRE BISCUITS

4 oz FLOUR
2½ oz. BUTTER OR MARG.
1 oz. CASTOR SUGAR

JELLY, WHITE GLACE ICING
GLACE CHERRIES.

SIEVE FLOUR, RUB IN FAT. ADD SUGAR & KNEAD INTO BALL.

ROLL OUT CUT INTO ROUNDS. SIZE OF WINEGLASS.

PUT IN GREASED BAKING TIN

300F - 1-2 GAS. TILL LIGHTLY COLOURED.

1 HOUR


PINEAPPLE RAISIN LOAF

1 SM TIN CRUSHED PINEAPPLE
2 CUPS RAISINS
1 CUP SUGAR
¼ LB MARG
1 TEASP. BAKING SODA
BOIL - COOL
ADD 1 CUP PLAIN FLOUR
" " S.R. FLOUR
2 EGGS BEATEN

BAKE 350-375 1 HOUR

GAS Nº 5

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Recipes

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Text audience

Adults (18+)
Other Self
Audience size 1
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Method of composition Handwritten
Year of composition 1980
Word count 885
General description Recipes

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Instructions (e.g. manual, recipe)

Author

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Author id 1086
Gender Female
Decade of birth 1920
Educational attainment none
Age left school 14
Upbringing/religious beliefs Catholicism
Occupation Retired
Place of birth Hurlford
Region of birth N Ayr
Birthplace CSD dialect area Ayr
Country of birth Scotland
Place of residence Kilmarnock
Region of residence N Ayr
Residence CSD dialect area Ayr
Country of residence Scotland
Father's occupation Baker
Father's place of birth Hurlford
Father's region of birth N Ayr
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area Ayr
Father's country of birth Scotland
Mother's occupation Factory worker
Mother's place of birth Hurlford
Mother's region of birth N Ayr
Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area Ayr
Mother's country of birth Scotland

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