THE DIXONS DROP IN FOR DESSERT
"COME in! Come in!" cried Bob to the Dixons. "You're just in time to
have dessert with us! Bettina, here are the Dixons!"
"Do sit down," said Bettina, "and have some Boston cream pie with us!"
"Frank won't need urging," said Charlotte. "Our dessert tonight was
apple sauce, and Boston cream pie (whatever it is) sounds too enticing
to be resisted."
"It looks a little like the Washington pie my mother used to make," said
Frank. "Only that wasn't so fancy on the top."
"Washington pie needs whipped cream to make it perfect," said Bettina,
"and as I had no whipped cream I made this with a meringue."
"Dessert with the neighbors!" said Frank, laughing. "Charlotte read me a
suggestion the other day that sounded sensible. A housewife had
introduced a new custom into her neighborhood. Whenever she had planned
a particularly good dessert she would phone a few of her friends not to
plan any dessert for themselves that evening, but to stroll over after
dinner and have dessert with her family. Wasn't that an idea? It might
lead to cooperative meals! We haven't done our share; have we? We should
have telephoned to you to have the main course with us tonight. Say,
Bettina, I like this Boston cream pie! It's what I call a real
dessert!"
Lamb Chops Creamed Carrots
Baked Potatoes
Rolls Butter
Baked Apples
Boston Cream Pie Coffee
BETTINA'S RECIPES
(All measurements are level)
=Creamed Carrots= (Two portions)
1 C-carrots
1 T-flour
1 T-butter
1/2 C-milk
1/4 t-salt
1/8 t-paprika
=Carrots=
Wash and scrape the carrots thoroughly, cover with boiling water, and
allow to boil until tender when pierced with a knitting needle or a
fork. (About twenty minutes.) Drain and serve with sauce. Carrots may be
cut into three-fourth inch cubes or any fancy shapes, and will cook in
less time.
=White Sauce for Carrots=
Melt butter, add the flour, salt and paprika. Mix well. Gradually add
the milk, and cook the sauce until creamy.
=Baked Potatoes= (Two portions)
2 potatoes
Wash thoroughly two medium-sized potatoes. With the sharp point of the
knife, make a small cut around the potato to allow the starch grains to
expand. Bake the potato in a moderate oven until it feels soft and
mealy, when pressed with the hands. (About forty-five minutes.) Break
open the potato to allow the steam to escape. (Turn the potato about in
the oven to insure evenness in baking.)
=Bettina's Baked Apples= (Two portions)
2 apples
1/2 C-"C" sugar
1/2 C-water
1 t-cinnamon
1/2 t-vanilla
A few grains of salt
Wash and core the apples. Mix the sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and salt, and
fill the cavity with the mixture. Place the apples in a small pan, and
pour a little water around them. Bake twenty-five minutes in a moderate
oven.
=Boston Cream Pie= (Six portions)
3 T-butter
8 T-(one-half C-sugar)
1 egg
1/4 C-milk
7/8 C-flour
1-1/2 t-baking powder
1/4 t-vanilla
Cream the butter, add the egg. Mix well. Add the sugar and mix
thoroughly. Add the milk alternately with the flour and baking powder.
Mix thoroughly. Add the flavorings. Bake in two layer-cake pans, fitted
with waxed paper, in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Spread the
following filling between the layers.
=Filling=
7 T-sugar
3 T-flour
1/8 t-salt
1 egg-yolk
1 C-milk
1/2 t-vanilla
Mix the sugar, flour and salt. Add slowly the egg-yolk, beaten, and the
milk. Stir well. Cook ten minutes in a double boiler, stirring
occasionally to prevent lumping. Add vanilla and remove from the fire.
When partially cool, spread part of the filling over one layer of the
cake. Allow to stand five minutes and then add more filling. Allow to
stand two minutes. Place the other layer on the top. Spread a meringue
over the whole and place in a hot oven long enough to brown it
delicately.
=Meringue=
1 egg-white
1/8 t-salt
2 T-sugar
1/8 t-baking powder
Add salt to the egg, beat until thick and fluffy, add the sugar and
baking powder and beat one minute.