Shoo Fly Pie (very sweet)

Bottom part:
3/4 C molasses
3/4 C boiling water
1/2 tsp baking soda

Top part:
1 1/2 C flour
1/4 C shortening
1/2 C brown sugar

1 pie crust

Dissolve soda in hot water and add molasses.
Combine sugar and flour and rub in shortening to make crumbs.
Pour one-third of the liquid into an unbaked crust.
Add 1/3 of the crumb mixture.
Continue alternate layers, putting crumbs on top.

Bake at 375 for approximately 35 minutes.
Makes one 9 inch pie.

Mrs. Arthur Ruth, Chalfont, PA.; Mrs. Roland Detweiler,
Soudertown, PA. And Mrs. C.R. Ebersole, La Junta, CO.

Chicken and Corn Soup with Rivels

1 chicken (preferably a 4- pound hen)
4 quarts of cold water
1 onion
1/2 c chopped celery and leaves
10 ears of corn
2 cooked eggs
salt and pepper

Cook chicken slowly until it is tender, adding salt 30 minutes
before it is done.
Remove chicken and strain broth through a fine sieve.
Take meat from bones and chop fine, add to broth.

Cut the corn from the cob and add to soup.
Add chopped celery and seasoning.

Ten minutes before serving, add 2 chopped eggs and rivels made
from:
1 c. clour
1 egg
1/4 c. milk

Rub this mixture together with 2 forks until well blanded and drop
into boiling soup. Cover and boil slowly for 7 minutes.
Serves 6. This is delicious!

Mrs.B. L. Bucher, Dallastown, PA; Ruth Slaymaker, Leola, PA.

APPLE DUMPLINGS ARE A COMMON DINNER ON SUNDAY EVENINGS.

Old-fashioned apple Dumplings

6 medium-sized baking apples
1 C. flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 C shortening
1/2 C milk

Sauce:
1 C. brown sugar
2 C. water
1/4 C butter
1/4 tsp cinnamon or nutmeg (optional)

Pare and core apples.
Combine sugar, salt, cinnamon and flour and sprinkle over apples.
Put apples in bottom of greased baking dish.

Combine oatmeal, brown sugar and soda.
Add melted butter and rub into oatmeal mixture to make crumbs.
Place crumbs on top of apples, patting them down evenly.

Bake at 375 for approximately 40 minutes.
Makes 6-8 servings.
Serve with rich milk or whipped cream as desired.

Mrs. Will Schlegel, Milford, Neb; Mrs. John Weaver, Columbiana, OH
and Edna Sommerfeld, Canton, KS.