Candy
Fondant
1 cup water 1/4 saltspoon cream of tartar Put the ingredients in a copper or granite saucepan; stir until the sugar is dissolved, but no…
Quick Fondant
Flavoring Confectioners' sugar Beat the egg very stiff; stir in as much confectioners' sugar as the egg will hold; flavor and mold into…
Chocolate Creams
Roll fondant into balls; dip them in melted chocolate and stand them to dry on waxed paper. The necessary utensils are a wire fork and a…
Chocolate Cream Mints
Melt fondant over hot water; flavor with oil of peppermint and drop from the tip of a spoon on waxed paper. When cool dip in melted…
Nougat
White of 1 egg 2 tablespoons cold water 1 teaspoon vanilla Confectioners' sugar 2 pounds chopped nuts Beat the egg to a stiff froth; add…
Candy (Put the molasses sugar)
Put the molasses, sugar and vinegar in a pan and boil until the mixture hardens when dropped into cold water. Pour into buttered pans; mark…
Candy (Pound granulated sugar cup)
1 pound granulated sugar 1 cup water 1 teaspoon vinegar 12 drops oil of cinnamon Boil the mixture until a little of it hardens when dropped…
Butter Scotch
1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 1/2 cup butter 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon soda Boil all the ingredients together until the syrup will snap…
Pinoche
1/2 cup butter 1 cup nut meats 3 cups light brown sugar 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix the sugar and milk over the fire; when hot add…
Peanut Brittle
1 quart roasted peanuts 1 pound granulated sugar Shell the peanuts; remove the skins and roll them or run them through the meat chopper…
Pralines
2 cups powdered sugar 1 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup cream 2 cups nut meats Boil the sugar, maple syrup and cream together until a little…
Fudge
1 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate Butter size of egg 1 teaspoon vanilla Boil the mixture until it will…
Cocoa Fudge
Make the same as chocolate fudge, substituting three table spoons of cocoa for the two ounces of chocolate.
Caramels
1 pound sugar 1/2 cup milk Butter size of walnut 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 tablespoons syrup molas 2 ounces chocolate Boil together the sugar…
Cocoanut Butter Scotch
1/2 pound brown sugar 2 1/2 cup shredded cocoanut 3 ounces butter 3 teaspoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla Put the sugar, butter and water into…
Cream Peppermints
2 cups sugar Pinch of cream of tartar 9 tablespoons water 10 drops oil of peppermint Put the sugar, cream of tartar and water in a granite…
Mexican Caramels
2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 11/2 cups milk or cream Melt one cup of granulated sugar but do not let it brown; when a syrup…
Pop-Corn Balls
Boil syrup molasses for twenty-five or thirty minutes; stir into it corn that has been carefully popped; pour out on buttered tins and with…
Fruits Glacé
Washed fruit 1 cup water Boil the sugar and water until the syrup becomes brittle when dropped in cold water. Dip the fruit in the syrup…
Nuts Glacé
Follow the recipe for fruits glacé. Put each nut on a long pin: dip it carefully and lay on oiled paper.
Candied Lemon and Orange Peel
Lemon and orange peel if saved can be put to excellent use. Take out the greater portion of the white inside; throw the rinds into boiling…
Marshmallows
4 ounces pulverized gum arabic 1 cup cold water Flavoring to taste 1 cup pulverized sugar Pinch of salt Soak the gum arabic in the water…
Divinity
6 tablespoons hot water 2 cups brown sugar White of 1 egg 1 ounce walnut meats 1 ounce chopped raisins Boil together the first two…
Orange Paste
4 level tablespoons gelatine 11/3 cups water 2 cups granulated sugar 1 orange 1 lemon Confectioners' sugar Cornstarch Soak the gelatine in…
Karo Candy
1/2 cup cream 1 cup Karo syrup 11/2 cups brown sugar 1/2 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Boil together the cream, syrup and…
Cocoanut Cones
2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup shredded cocoanut White of 1 egg Mix the sugar and cornstarch together; add the cocoanut and…
Hoarhound Candy
Hoarhound 2 cups boiling water 2 pounds sugar White of 1 egg Pour the water on as much hoarhound as it will cover; steep it on a slow fire…
Walnut Kisses
1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup cold water White of 1 egg Shelled walnuts 1. Boil sugars and water together until a few…
Fruit (Doubtless the Lord could have)
Doubtless, the Lord could have made a better berry than the strau berry; but doubtless he never did. -IZAAK WALTON.
Fruit (HE old saying an apple a day)
HE old saying, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," had a better foundation than the people who originated its triteness realized, for…
Baked Apples
Wash and core and if desired pare the apples. Place them in a shallow baking dish and fill the cavities with sugar, sugar and spice, sugar…
Fried Apples
Cut slices a half inch thick across the apple, removing neither skin nor core; or cut the apples in quarters, removing both skin and core…
Stewed Peaches
Pare and quarter the peaches, discarding the stones. Bring to the boiling point one cup of sugar and one cup of water; cook the boiling…
Baked Peaches
Plunge the peaches into boiling water to loosen the skins. Remove the skins; cut the peaches in half, discarding the stones, the skins…
Baked Pears
Wash the pears, and unless they are small quarter and core them. Place them in a deep pudding dish, well sprinkled with sugar. Add water…
Baked Quinces
Wash, quarter, core and pare the quinces. Place them, cut side up, in a shallow baking dish, filling the cavities with sugar, up, in a…
Stewed Quinces
Wash the quinces, pare and core them and cut them into eighths. Cover with cold water and let them come slowly to a boil, removing the scum…
Stewed Rhubarb
Select the strawberry rhubarb in preference to the white; wash it, and unless it is very old, do not peel it. Simply remove the ends and…
Stewed Blackberries
Wash and stem the blackberries; add a little water and stew until tender. Just before they are done sweeten to taste. Some cooks thicken…
Stewed Cherries
Select pie cherries, preferably the morello cherries; stone them or not as desired and follow the directions for Stewed Blackberries.
Dried Fruits (To cook dried fruits)
To cook dried fruits thoroughly they should after careful washing be soaked over night. Next morning put them over the fire in the water in…
A Well-Equipped Kitchen
The kitchen cabinet. convenient sink and glass-top table facilitate work, and the sanitary wall-covering, which can be washed from floor to…
Canning and Preserving (We eat what we can and what we)
"We eat what we can; and what we can't, we can." -The Punster. • Я CИA CИTИИAЭ
Canning and Preserving (T is said that modern canning)
T is said that modern canning was first thought of when a jar IT of perfectly preserved fruit was found embedded in a heap of lava among…