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.

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Marshmallow Paste

34 cup sugar 1/4 cup milk 14 lb. marshmallows 2 tablespoons hot water 1½ teaspoon vanilla Put sugar and milk in a saucepan, heat slowly to boilingpoint without stirring, and boil six minutes. Break marshmallows in pieces and melt in double boiler, add hot water, and cook until mixture is smooth, then add hot syrup gradually, stirring constantly. Beat until cool enough to spread, then add vanilla. This may be used for both filling and frosting.

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