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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Meringue Cakes

Short pastry 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 2 large eggs, beaten 2 tablespoons milk 1 cup Dromedary Cocoanut 1½ teaspoon baking powder 1 cup flour 1½ teaspoon vanilla Meringue Roll pastry out and cut it into rounds or line tartlet tins with it. Beat butter and sugar together, add eggs, milk, cocoanut and flour sifted with baking powder, then add extract. Mix well, place in spoonfuls in pastry and bake in a quick oven 12 to 15 minutes.

Cover with meringue, sprinkle with cocoanut and brown lightly in the oven.

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