8. Continue whipping until stiff. Fold into chilled cranberry mixture. Serve on fruit salads or wedges of lettuce.
Quick Fruit Cake
(Photograph on front cover)
| DIRECTIONS | INGREDIENTS | For 2¼ lbs. | For 4½ lbs. | |||
| 1. Turn on oven; set at moderately slow (350° F.). | ||||||
| 2. Grease a tube or loaf pan[16] holding about |  | 5 cups | | 2 quarts | ||
| 3. Break into pieces | | 2-inch VANILLA WAFERS | | 4 dozen (½ lb.) | | 8 dozen (1 lb.) |
| 4. Soak until soft in | | PET MILK | | ¾ cup | | 1½ cups |
| 5. Meanwhile, mix | | FLOUR | | 1 tablesp. | | 2 tablesp. |
| pitted DATES,[17] cut in small pieces | 1 cup | 2 cups | ||||
| seedless RAISINS[17] | 1 cup | 2 cups | ||||
| broken NUTS | 1 cup | 2 cups | ||||
| 6. Beat together | | well-beaten EGGS | | 2 | | 4 |
| SUGAR | ½ cup | 1 cup | ||||
| CINNAMON | ¾ teasp. | ½ teasp. | ||||
| NUTMEG | ½ teasp. | 1 teasp. | ||||
| ALLSPICE | ½ teasp. | 1 teasp. | ||||
| SALT | ¼ teasp. | ½ teasp. | ||||
| 7. Add to soaked wafers and mix well. Stir in floured fruit mixture. Put intogreased tube pan. Bake on oven shelf slightly below center until cake shrinks from sides of panand is firm to the touch, or about | | 1¼ hours[16] | | 1½ hours[16] | ||
8. Let stand in pan 5 minutes before removing.
[16] If loaf pan is used, bake smaller cake 1½ hours and bake larger cake 2 hours.
[17] Cut-up candied pineapple and cherries can replace half of the dates and raisins.
Note: You’ll have perfect success with this recipe in any altitude up to 7,000 feet.
Pork Chop Dinner
| DIRECTIONS | INGREDIENTS | FOR 2 | FOR 4 | FOR 6 | ||||
| 1. Mix well | | FLOUR | | 1 tablesp. | | 2 tablesp. | | 3 tablesp. |
| SALT | ¾ teasp. | 1¼ teasp. | 2 teasp. | |||||
| PEPPER | few grains | few grains | ⅛ teasp. | |||||
| 2. Roll in flour mixture | | PORK CHOPS about 1 in. thick | | 2 (⅔ lb.) | | 4 (1⅓ lbs.) | | 6 (2 lbs.) |
| 3. Brown on both sides in skillet containing | | hot SHORTENING | | 2 teasp. | | 4 teasp. | | 2 tablesp. |
| 4. Drain off fat. Sprinkle any remaining flour mixture over chops. | ||||||||
| 5. Pour around chops | | LIQUID off corn[18] | | ½ cup | | ¾ cup | | 1 cup |
| 6. Cover tightly and cook very slowly 30 minutes. | ||||||||
| 7. Remove cores from | | unpared APPLES | | 2 small | | 4 small | | 6 small |
| 8. Cut into thick slices, then arrange on chops. Cover tightly;cook slowly 15 min. longer, or until tender. Remove meat and apples from skillet. Keep hot. | ||||||||
| 9. Stir into liquid in skillet | | PET MILK | | ¼ cup | | ½ cup | | ¾ cup |
| whole kernel CORN cooked or canned, drained | 1 cup | 2 cups | 3 cups | |||||
| SALT | ⅛ teasp. | ¼ teasp. | ½ teasp. | |||||
10. Boil slowly and stir until sauce thickens. Serve with chops and apples.
[18] If there is not enough liquid off corn, add water.