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.
VIRGINIA DARE PUDDING
Sift one quart of flour and into the flour put one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one pound of sugar, one grated nutmeg, one teaspoonful of ground spice. Beat four eggs and add after mixing the fruit well in the flour, and mix with enough water to make a stiff batter as for fruit cake. Boil or bake and serve with sauce. Cook for about two hours.