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indent=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

—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.

indent=2|*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.

indent=2| ℔. pastry

1 teacupful raw potato

1 teacupful raw meat

A small piece of onion chopped fine

teaspoonful salt

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.