Professor Walter's Recipes of Yesteryear

Spring Chicken Fried ~ 1945

1 1/2 Pound Spring Chicken
1/4 Cup Butter or Poultry Fat
Salt and Pepper
Flour and Ginger

Season chicken with salt, pepper and ginger. Dredge flour and fry it in plenty of hot fat in a frying pan until brown. Cover, place over low flame or in slow oven, 1 hour until tender.

Plain Mousse ~ 1945

1 Cup Whipping Cream
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg White, Beaten Stiff

Whip cream. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white to white salt has been added. Pour into tray of mechanical refridgerator or mold and allow to freeze without stirring. Plain mousse can be served with chilled and crushed fruit.

Chocolate Sticks ~ 1945

4 Eggs
1 Pound Brown Sugar
1 Cup Almonds
1/4 Pound Sweet Chocolate
2 Ounces Citron
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon Allspice
1/4 Teaspoon Cloves
3 Cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Beat eggs and sugar until light, add the spices and the chocolate, grated. Blanch almonds and chop, cut citron fine; mix with the flour and baking powder and combine the two mixtures. Roll on a floured board, cut into strips 3 1/2 inches long, bake in buttered pans, in moderate oven, 350F, 10 to 15 minutes.

Sugar Cookies ~ 1945

1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg
1/4 Cup Milk
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon vanilla, nutmeg or any other flavoring
2 Cups Flour

Cream the butter and sugar. Beat the egg and add to the milk. Sift flour and mix baking powder with one cup, combine mixtures, then add the rest of the flour, and only enough more to handle. Chill in refrigerator. Roll on floured board 1/4 inch thick. Shape with biscuit cutter. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, chopped nuts. Bake in hot oven, 375F 8 to 10 minutes.

Lady Fingers ~ 1945

3 Eggs Separated
1/3 Cup Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup Flour
1/4 Teaspoon Vanilla
3 Tablespoons Hot Water
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Beat whites of eggs until stiff; add sugar gradually and continue beating; add yolks of eggs, beaten until thick; then flavoring and hot water. Fold in flour sifted with salt and baking powder. Put into lady finger tins, sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake 8 to 10 minutes in moderate over 350F., remove from tins while hot. Brush over the flat surface of one-half of the cakes with white of egg and press the underside of a second cake on it.