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AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES
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JELLIED APPLES

Put on four cups of sugar and four cups of water with six cloves and bring to boiling point.

Peel and core apples and drop them into boiling syrup. Cover kettle and let apples steam slowly until they are clear and tender. Pour last of syrup over fruit and serve.

MAMMY’S SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Grate three medium sized potatoes. Beat together one cup of sugar, three eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, one pint of milk, and add to the grated potato.

Pour in a buttered pan, drop bits of butter on top and bake one hour in a moderate oven. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla.

RAISIN ROLLS

1½ cupsful of flour,
½ cupful of lard (scant),
½ teaspoonful of salt,
1 cupful of raisins,
1 cracker,
1 lemon,
⅔ cupful of sugar,
1 egg,
A little salt.

Beat the egg, add sugar, salt, lemon juice and grated rind. Roll cracker fine, chop raisins and mix all together. Roll the crust thin, cut into rounds. Put a spoonful of filling between two rounds and pinch the edges together. Prick top crust with fork. Bake in iron pan for twenty minutes.