Bettina's Date Kisses (One dozen)
1 egg-white
1/8 t-salt
½ C-powdered sugar
¼ t-baking powder
¼ C-chopped dates
¼ C-chopped nut meats
½ t-lemon extract
Add the salt to the white of an egg, and beat the egg-white very stiff. Then add the sugar, baking powder, nuts, dates and lemon extract. Drop from a teaspoon onto a buttered pan. Bake in a slow oven until delicately browned. (About twenty-five minutes.)
Orange Marmalade (One pint)
3 oranges
2 lemons
½ grapefruit
Sugar
Wash thoroughly the rinds of the fruits. Weigh the fruit, and slice it evenly. To each pound of fruit, add one quart of cold water. Let the mixture stand for twenty-four hours. Cook slowly for one hour. Drain. Weigh the cooked fruit, and add an equal weight of sugar. Cook with the sugar for thirty minutes, or until it stiffens slightly when tried on a dish. Pour into sterilized jelly glasses. When cool seal with hot paraffin.
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A WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY TEA