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APPLE SANDWICH.

• 1/2 ℔. butter
• 1 ℔. flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls Edmonds' Baking Powder
• Mince 2 or 3 apples
• 1 cupful clean currants
• 1 piece of peel
• 1 dessertspoon cinnamon
• 1 lemon
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Mode.—Rub butter into flour, then add baking powder, make into a firm dough with water. Roll out to required thickness; mince all other ingredients together, and mix in egg last. Place mince between pastry, and bake.

A GOOD PIE CRUST.

• 4 breakfastcups flour
• 2 heaped teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder
• 1 level teaspoon salt
• 1 ℔. butter (lard or dripping may be used)

Mix well together, then add 2 cups of water, and roll out. This makes light paste for pies, tarts, custard, etc.

CORNISH PASTY.

1/4 ℔. pastry

• 1 teacupful raw potato
• 1 teacupful raw meat
• A small piece of onion chopped fine
• 1/2 teaspoonful salt
• 1/4 teaspoonful pepper
• 3 tablespoonfuls cold water or gravy

Mix all ingredients together on a plate, roll pastry into an oval shape, put the mixture on the paste, wet the edges on the top, and prick well. Brush over a little egg or milk, and bake in a hot oven for about half-an-hour.

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