Apple Dumplings.
Make a light biscuit dough and roll quite thin, cut in pieces about four inches square and roll in each ¹⁄₂ of an apple cut in pieces. Put in a deep tin, 1 cup of sugar, ¹⁄₂ cup of butter, 1 large cup of boiling water, lay the dumplings in and bake one-half hour.
Strawberry Short Cake Crust No. 1.
1 qt of flour, ¹⁄₂ cup of butter, 3 teaspoons of baking powder wet with cold water with 1 level teaspoon of salt.
Strawberry Short Cake No. 2.
1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of melted butter, 2¹⁄₂ cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 1 level teaspoon of salt, mix a cake, bake in layers and put berries between and over the top and serve with whipped cream.
The berries that you put between the layers are better mashed and seasoned with sugar to taste.