My Mum's 1922 Recipe Book A collection of hand-written Recipes which my Mum, pictured here in 1924, assembled and used throughout World WarTwo whenever the ingredients were available. I shall choose one or two each month, at random, for you to

My Mum's 1920's Recipe Book
A collection of hand-written Recipes which my Mum, Mabel Mary pictured here in 1924, assembled and used throughout World WarTwo whenever the ingredients were available. I shall choose one or two each month, at random, for you to try. Happy Cooking, and don't blame me if it all goes wrong !

Mabel Mary White
1900 - 1996

July Recipe of the Month

RASPBERRY BUNS
         3 ozs. Butter            1 Egg           3 ozs. Sugar
     ½lb. Flour (Self-Raising)              A little Milk
     A little Raspberry Jam.

Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and mix with the egg and milk, to a stiff dough. Pinch off little pieces and form into balls, in the hand; make a hole in them and put in a little jam; pinch in the edges to seal in the jam, turn them upside-down on a flat baking sheet, and slightly flatten them. Cut little slits cross-wise, brush over with milk, sprinkle with castor sugar, and bake in a moderately quick oven.

LEMON RICE PUDDING
Boil a cup of Rice until soft, put in pie dish, adding grated rind of 1 Lemon, yolks of 2 Eggs, 1 pint Milk, pinch of Salt. Bake 1 hour - beat whites of eggs to a froth with a cup-and-a-half of Castor Sugar, add juice of 1 Lemon. Spread over pudding and put in oven to brown.