Candy-Making at Home

Making real candy in a home kitchen, 1915 — fondants, caramels and taffies from Mary M. Wright's classic.

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets

4 pages in this part of Candy-Making at Home.

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets

UNDER this head you will find recipes for making macaroons, which are closely allied to candies; and a number of sweets not classified…

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets: Marshmallows

CINNAMON MACAROONS Run through a chopper one cupful of almonds, then rub into a paste, mix with an equal quantity of sugar, a tablespoonful…

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets: Remove

BUTTERCUPS Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar, one-half cupful of water and one-half teaspoonful of cream of tartar and boil to the crack…

Macaroons and Miscellaneous Sweets: Confection

PERSIAN CONFECTION Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar and dissolve in one-half cupful of pineapple juice. Place over the fire in a double…

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