Baked Cherry Dumplings.

1 quart prepared flour.
2 heaping tablespoonfuls of lard.
2 cups fresh milk.
A little salt.
2 cups of stoned cherries.
½ cupful of sugar.

Rub the lard into the salted flour, wet up with the milk; roll into a sheet a quarter of an inch thick; and cut into squares about four inches across. Put two great spoonfuls of cherries in the centre of each; sugar them; turn up the edges of the paste and pinch them together. Lay the joined edges downward, upon a floured baking-pan, and bake half an hour or until browned. Eat hot with a good sauce.

Second Week. Saturday.