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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Swedish Wafers

5 ozs. flour 14 teaspoon vanilla Shredded almonds Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, eggs slightly beaten, flour, and flavoring. Drop by spoonfuls on an inverted buttered dripping-pan. Spread very thinly, using a knife, in circular shapes about three inches in diameter. Sprinkle with almonds, and bake in a slow oven. Remove from pan, and shape at once over the handle of a wooden spoon.

Marguerites I 14 teaspoon baking powder 1/3 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup flour 1 cup pecan nut meats, cut in small pieces Beat eggs slightly, and add remaining ingredients in the order given. Fill small buttered tins two-thirds full of mixture, and place pecan nut meat on each. Bake in a moderate oven fifteen minutes. 1½ cups sugar 1/2 cup water 5 marshmallows Whites 2 eggs

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