Date Pudding (Four portions)
1 C-flour
2 t-baking powder
¼ C-"C" sugar
10 dates, cut fine
1/8 t-salt
1 egg
1/3 C-milk
½ t-vanilla
3 T-melted butter
Mix the flour, baking powder, "C" sugar, dates and salt. Add the egg, milk and vanilla. Stir vigorously and beat one minute. Add the melted butter. Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven, and serve hot with cream.
CHAPTER CXIII
ALICE PRACTISES ECONOMY
"OH, Bettina," said Alice, delightedly, as she opened the door. "I'm so glad to see you! I've just been thinking about you! What do you suppose I'm doing?"
"Getting dinner? That is what I must be doing very soon. I stopped in for only a minute on my way home."
"I am getting dinner, and I want to tell you that it is a very economical dinner. And it's going to be good, too. I thought and thought about your advice, and decided to practise it. So I searched through all my cook books for the recipes I wanted, and finally decided on this particular menu. But, Bettina, now I can tell you the flaw in your system of economy!"