The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book

The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

Confections

38 recipes in this part of The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Sugared Popped Corn

2 quarts popped corn 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup water Put butter in saucepan, and when melted add sugar and water…

Corn Balls

1/2 cup white corn syrup 1½ teaspoon, each, salt and vinegar 1 tablespoon vanilla Boil sugar, water and corn syrup without stirring until…

Molasses Candy

2 cups Porto Rico molasses ½ cup sugar 3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon vinegar An iron kettle with a rounding bottom (Scotch kettle) or…

Velvet Molasses Candy

1 cup boiling water 3 tablespoons vinegar 1½ teaspoon cream of tartar 1½ cup melted butter 1/4 teaspoon soda Put first four ingredients in…

Buttercups

2 tablespoons butter 1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar Fondant flavored with vanilla Boil ingredients (except fondant) until, when tried in cold…

Vinegar Candy

1/2 cup vinegar 2 tablespoons butter Put butter into kettle; when melted, add sugar and vinegar. Stir until sugar is dissolved, afterwards…

Ice Cream Candy

3 cups sugar 14 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/2 cup boiling water 1½ tablespoon vinegar Boil ingredients together without stirring, until…

Butter Scotch

1 cup sugar 14 cup molasses 1½ cup butter 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 tablespoons boiling water Boil ingredients together until, when tried in…

Butter Taffy

2 cups light brown sugar 14 cup molasses 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 tablespoons water ½ teaspoon salt 1/4 cup butter 2 teaspoons vanilla Boil…

Horehound Candy

34 square inch pressed horehound 2 cups boiling water 3 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar Pour boiling water over horehound which has…

Chocolate Caramels

21½ tablespoons butter 2 cups molasses 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup milk 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla Put butter into…

Nut Chocolate Caramels

To Chocolate Caramels add the meat from one pound English walnuts broken in pieces, or one-half pound almonds blanched and chopped.

Rich Chocolate Caramels

1 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 4 squares chocolate 1 cup walnut meats, broken in pieces 2 teaspoons…

Peanut Nougat

1 lb. sugar 1 quart peanuts Shell, remove skins, and finely chop peanuts. Sprinkle with one-fourth teaspoon salt. Put sugar in a perfectly…

Nut Bar

Cover the bottom of a buttered shallow pan with one and one-third cups nut meat (castaneas, English walnuts, or almonds) cut in quarters…

French Nougat

1/2 lb. confectioners' sugar 14 lb. almonds, blanched and finely chopped Confectioners' chocolate Put sugar in a saucepan, place on range…

Nougatine Drops

Drop French Nougat mixture from the tip of a spoon on an oiled marble very soon after taking from fire. These drops have a rough surface…

Wintergreen Wafers

1 oz. gum tragacanth 1 cup cold water Confectioners' sugar Oil of wintergreen Soak gum tragacanth in water twenty-four hours and rub…

Cocoanut Cream Candy

1½ cups sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 teaspoons butter 1/3 cup shredded cocoanut ½ teaspoon vanilla Put butter into granite saucepan; when melted…

Chocolate Cream Candy

1 tablespoon butter 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla Put butter into granite saucepan; when melted, add sugar and milk…

Maple Sugar Candy

1 lb. soft maple sugar ¼ cup thin cream 1/4 cup boiling water 2 cup English walnut or pecan meat, cut in pieces Break sugar in pieces; put…

Sultana Caramels

2 squares chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup English walnut or hickory nut meat, cut in pieces 2 tablespoons Sultana raisins Put butter…

Pralines

2 cups hickory nut or pecan meat, cut in pieces Boil first three ingredients until, when tried in cold water, a soft ball may be formed…

Creamed Walnuts

White 1 egg 1/2 tablespoon cold water ¼ teaspoon vanilla 1 lb. confectioners' sugar English walnuts Put egg, water, and vanilla in a bowl…

Peppermints

1½ cup boiling water 6 drops oil peppermint Put sugar and water into a granite saucepan and stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil ten…

Boiled Sugar for Confections

Eleven tests are considered for boiling sugar: - Small thread, 215° F. Large thread, 217° Pearl, 220° Large pearl, 222° The blow, 230° The…

White Fondant

1½ cups hot water 14 teaspoon cream of tartar Put ingredients into a smooth granite stewpan. Stir, place on range, and heat gradually to…

Coffee Fondant

2½ lbs. sugar 1½ cups cold water 1/4 cup ground coffee 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar Put water and coffee in saucepan, and heat to…

Maple Fondant

114 lbs. maple sugar 14 lbs. sugar 1 cup hot water 14 teaspoon cream of tartar Break maple sugar in pieces and add to remaining…

Bonbons (Centres of bonbons are made)

The centres of bonbons are made of fondant shaped in small balls. If White Fondant is used, flavor as desired, balls . If White Fondant is…

Cream Mints

Melt fondant over hot water, flavor with a few drops of oil of peppermint, wintergreen, clove, cinnamon, or orange, and color if desired…

Rose Cream Mints

1½ cups sugar 2 tablespoons white corn syrup White 1 egg 4 drops oil wintergreen Pink coloring 1/4 cup water Put sugar, corn syrup and…

Cream Nut Bars

Melt fondant and flavor, stir in any kind of nut meat, cut in pieces. Turn in an oiled pan, cool, and cut in bars with a sharp knife. Maple…

Dipped Walnuts

Melt fondant and flavor. Dip halves of walnuts as bonbon centres are dipped. Halves of pecan or whole blanched almonds may be similarly…

Tutti-Frutti Candy

Fill an oiled border-mould with three layers of melted fondant. Have bottom layer maple, well mixed with English walnut meat; the second…

Candied Orange Peel

Remove peel from four thin-skinned oranges in quarters. Cover with cold water, bring to boiling-point, and cook slowly until soft. Drain…

Spun Sugar

2 cups boiling water 14 teaspoon cream of tartar Put ingredients in a smooth saucepan. Boil without stirring until syrup begins to…

Sugar (Served around bricks or moulds)

is served around bricks or moulds of frozen creams and ices. Dippers for spinning sugar are made of coarse wires; about twenty wires, ten…

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