To make the patty shells place in a bowl two cups of flour and then add
One teaspoon of salt,
Five teaspoons of baking powder.
Rub between the hands to mix and run into the prepared flour
One-half cup of shortening.
Mix to a dough with a scant two-thirds cup of ice-cold water. Turn on a floured moulding board and either roll or pat out one and one-quarter inch thick. Cut as for biscuits, using a water glass to cut with. The biscuit cutter will not permit cutting with this thickness of dough. Now use small cutter and cut out the centre, leaving about one-half inch thickness at the bottom and a wall one-half inch thick around the patty shell. Place on a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven for eighteen minutes. Then fill with braised sweetbreads.
BRAISED OXTAILS WITH BAKED DRIED PEAS
Soak one and one-half cups of dried peas over night and then in the morning parboil. Place in a baking dish, together with
One-half cup of chopped onions,
Two green peppers, chopped fine,