The fun of cooking; a story for boys and girls . e only had something nice to do rightnow, groaned Jack, so we could forget thesnow. But we cant trim the tree till eveiybodycomes to help, and the presents are all tied up,and there is nt anything Christmasy to do thatI can think of. Wliy not cook? suggested Mother Blair,*There are lots of things to make—Christmasthings, you know. Mildred began to brighten up. If we couldcook things all alone, I d like that. she said. Boys dont cook, Jack said scornfully, stilllooking out of the window. Boys make pop-com. though, laughed hismother. And then supp
The fun of cooking; a story for boys and girls . e only had something nice to do rightnow, groaned Jack, so we could forget thesnow. But we cant trim the tree till eveiybodycomes to help, and the presents are all tied up,and there is nt anything Christmasy to do thatI can think of. Wliy not cook? suggested Mother Blair,*There are lots of things to make—Christmasthings, you know. Mildred began to brighten up. If we couldcook things all alone, I d like that. she said. Boys dont cook, Jack said scornfully, stilllooking out of the window. Boys make pop-com. though, laughed hismother. And then suppose you make that upinto nice balls, and have them all ready whenthe cousins come. And, Mildred, I think Xorahwould give you and Brownie one comer of thekitchen, and let you cook all by yourselves. So Jack took the coim-popper and went down 16 THE FUN OF COOKING to tlie furnace, and when lie opened the door, hefound a great bed of red coals waiting for him;and Mildred and Brownie put on their big ging-ham aprons and went out into the The Christmas cakes Underneath the large table was a smaller one;this Mother Blair pulled out and pushed acrossthe room to an empty place. Then she wroteout very plainly a little receipt, and underthis she explained exactly how to put thingstogether; this she pinned on the wall over thetable. *^There! she said. *^Now you can goright to work. This was what was on thepaper: CHRISTMAS CAKES y^ cup of butter. % cup of sugar. % cup of milk. 1 egg. 1 cup of flour. THE DAY BEFORE CHEIST:^IAS 17 1 teaspoonful of baking-powder. ^2 teaspooniul of vanilla,Pnt tJie butter and sugar in a bowl, and rub them to-gether till smooth and creamy. Beat the egg withoutseparating it, and put that in next; beat all together, thenadd the milk, a little at a time. Put a rounded spoonful ofbaking-powder in the flour and stir it well, and add thatslowly, mixing as you do it: and, last, put in the some little scalloped tins, and fill them half full;b
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