Mrs. Synimes' Christmas Pudding

One-half pint sweet milk, one cup sugar, one-half package gelatine dissolved in one-half pint cold water, one-half cup almonds (blanched) chopped, one cup raisins chopped, five eggs beaten separately, two teaspoons vanilla, three dozen macaroons, broken up. Heat milk, sugar, gelatine and water first, add other ingredients and cook in a double boiler until thick. Pour into moulding dish. When cold, slice and serve with whipped cream or any pudding sauce. - Miss Katharine Wells, Glendale, Calif.

Light Fruit Pudding

Work one-half cupful of butter until creamy, add two table-spoonfuls of sugar, two eggs well beaten, one cupful of milk and two cupfuls of flour mixed and sifted with three teaspoon-fuls of baking powder; then add three-fourths of a cupful of raisins seeded and cut in pieces, one-fourth of a cupful of citron thinly sliced and cut in narrow strips; fruit to be dredged with one-fourth of a cupful of flour. Turn into a buttered melon mould, tie down cover and steam one and one-half hours. This recipe is given in consideration of the children.

Steamed Fig Pudding

One pound figs chopped fine, three-fourths pound suet, one cup sugar, one pound bread crumbs, two eggs, some cinnamon and any scraps of jelly you may have. Knead well with the hands, steam six hours. Serve with hard sauce. - Mrs. George A. Cole, Middletown, Conn.

Harvard Pudding

Harvard Pudding has the advantage of being inexpensive as well as being toothsome and very nutritious. Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add one-half cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of milk and one and two-thirds cupfuls of flour mixed and sifted with one-half teaspoonful of soda and one-fourth of a teaspoonful each of salt, clove, alspice and nutmeg; then add one-half pound of dates stoned and cut in pieces.

Turn into a buttered mold, cover and let steam two and one-half hours. This is an economical dish. Serve with

Sterling Sauce

Cream one-half cupful of butter and add gradually, while beating constantly, one cupful of brown sugar; then add four tablespoonfuls of milk and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Add the milk very gradually, or a separation will probably take place. Three-fourths of a cupful of raisins seeded and cut in pieces may be substituted for the dates in the pudding, but the dates have a more distinctive flavor.

Marshmallow Pudding

One heaping tablespoon of gelatine, one cup of boiling water, four whites of eggs, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon of vanilla. - Mrs. John Clark, Flagstaff, Ariz.

New Pudding

Cover one-third package of gelatine with cold water, let stand an hour, add one pint boiling water and juice of two lemons, sweeten to taste. When cold and begins to thicken whip stiff, then add the beaten whites of three eggs, beat all lightly. Use the yolk of three eggs, and one pint of milk for a custard to serve over it. - Mrs. George A. Cole, Middletown, Conn.