read,

Cooking may be as much a means of
self-expression as any of the arts. No
cook-book can provide the spark of
genius, but it can serve as a source of
inspiration and information. From .

Fanny Farmer.

BANANA BREAD

Y cup butter ?
¥% cup white sugar
2 eggs (beaten well)
134 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
4 tablespoon salt
14 cup chopped nuts
1 cup crushed bananas (about 3)
l4 teaspoon baking soda
Y% cup hot water

Bake about 1 hour in 350°F. oven.
—FLo Morrow

CHERRY AND NUT BREAD

1 cup brown sugar

3 cups flour (pastry)

4 teaspoons baking powder
4 teaspoon salt

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1 cup milk
Beat all together, then add:

1 cup mixed peel

1 cup glazed cherries (red and green)

1 cup walnuts
Bake at 350°F. for about one hour. Grease
a 48-ounce juice tin or use 3 20-ounce
juice tins. 48 ounce tin takes about 114
hours to cook.

—EDNA HENTIG

CHEESE STRAWS

1 tablespoon butter
2 cup flour
1 cup soft bread crumbs
1 cup grated cheese
4 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons milk
Method: Cream the butter and add the
remaining ingredients in the order given.
Roll or pat out on a floured pastry cloth
about ip inch thick. Cut into narrow
strips and bake in a moderate 350°F.
oven for about 30 minutes until browned.

—GRACE TURNER

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uns, etc.

BANANA WHOLEWHEAT
LOAF

14 cup butter
14 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large ripe bananas (mashed)
1 cup whole wheat flour
114 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
l4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Cream butter and sugar. Add unbeaten
eggs and beat until smooth. Measure
banana pulp and if necessary add enough
cold water to make 14 cups. Add to
creamed mixture. Sift dry ingredients
and blend in whole wheat flour. Add all
at once to first mixture along with wal-
nuts, mixing as lightly as possible. Bake
in 9x5 pan for one hour at 350°F. Cool
5 minutes and then turn out on wire
rack. Wrap in waxed paper for several
hours before slicing.
—JESSIE SKINNER

ORANGE DATE BREAD
4 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons grated orange rind
34 cup orange juice
1% cup finely cut dates
1 cup sugar
14 teaspoon almond flavoring
1 egg, slightly beaten
4 cup coarsely chopped Brazil nuts
214 cups sifted pastry flour
4 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
l4 teaspoon salt
Grease a loaf pan (about 814” x 414” x
214”). Heat oven to 350°F. Pour boiling
water over butter in mixing bowl, stir
until melted. Add rind, juice, dates,
sugar, flavorings, egg and nuts. Stir in
flour, soda, baking powder and salt, mix
well. Spread batter in greased loaf pan.
Bake in moderate oven for one hour or
until top will spring back when touched
lightly with the finger.

—JESSIE CLELAND
—Courtesy of I. W. Hodgson