Recipes from Laura Child's "Keepsake Crimes"

a.  Prune Bread

5 cups APF
8 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sugar
2-1/2 cupschopped prunes
4 beaten eggs
2-1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup melted shortening

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, sugar, and prunes.  In a separate bowl, beat eggs, mil, shortening, and add to flour mixture until moistened 

Pour into two greased 9''x5'' pans, and bake at 350 deg for an hour. 

b.  Fried Okra

1 lb okra
3 tbsp APF
2 egg whites
1-1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
Vegetable oil
Salt

Wash okra and drain well.  Remove tip and stem, then cut okra into 1/2'' slices.  Coat okra with flour, and beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold in okra.  Stir in bread crumbs, coating okra well.  Deep-fry okra until golden brown, drain, and sprinkle with salt

4 servings