Dromedary “Novelty” Recipes

Dates, cocoanut and candied peel, sold to America in 1920 with a camel on the packet — recipes tested by Marion Harris Neil.

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Cocoanut and Chocolate Layer Candy

Part One 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup milk 11½ cups sugar 212 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 pinch cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Part Two 2 teaspoons butter 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup Dromedary Cocoanut 1 teaspoon lemon extract 1½ cups sugar 1 teaspoon lemon extract Melt butter, add milk, sugar ar and chocolate; when dissolved add cream of tartar and boil 12 minutes, stirring constantly. Add vanilla and beat until creamy. Pour quickly into buttered tin. Melt butter, add milk and sugar and boil for 12 minutes, stirring all the time, add cocoanut and lemon. Beat until creamy and pour on top of the hardened chocolate candy. Sprinkle with Dromedary Cocoanut and when cool cut into bars.

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