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Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit

CHAPTER XXXI
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Or, after the shaped dough has raised, drop it in a large pot of slightly-salted boiling water, allowing plenty of room for them to swell and puff up, and boil continuously, closely covered, for 20 minutes.

This quantity makes about 30 small dumplings.

Should you not wish so many, half the quantity might be molded out, placed in a greased pie tin, and when light, which takes half an hour, bake in a moderately hot oven, and you will have light biscuits for lunch.
The thrifty German Hausfraus make fritters of everything imaginable, and sometimes unimaginable.

Mary was told one day by a German neighbor how she prepared a fritter she called: "HELLER BLUTHER KUKLEIN" She gathered elderberry blossoms, rinsed off the dust, and when free from moisture dipped the blossoms into fritter batter, holding the stem ends, then dropped them into hot fat, and when golden brown, drained a minute on coarse, brown paper before serving, dusted them with powdered sugar; cinnamon may also be dusted over if liked.

Mary pronounced them "fine," after tasteing, and said: "They certainly are a novelty." Perhaps something like this suggested the Rosette Iron, as it is somewhat similar.
APYL KUKLEIN (APPLE FRITTERS) Pare and core 4 large tart apples.


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