The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Gelatin and Cream Desserts

8 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Grapefruit à La St. Patrick

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) gran- ¾ cup sugar ulated gelatin Keep the grapefruit skins, in halves. Simmer a few sprigs of extracted. fresh mint…

Raisin Eggs

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) gran- 3 tablespoons lemon-juice ulated gelatin 1 cup steamed and chopped pulp raisins

Jellied Prunes

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) gran- 2 tablespoons lemon-juice ulated gelatin Wash the prunes, soak overnight in the water and cook until tender…

Mont Blanc

1 pound large chestnuts (Ital- ½ teaspoon salt ian chestnuts are best for ¾ cup sugar this) Put the chestnuts into the oven for a moment…

Macaroon Bisque

Whip a cup of cream until stiff, sweeten with powdered sugar and flavor lightly with vanilla. Stir in six macaroons broken in small pieces…

Pineapple Ambrosia

Shred the pineapple with a fork. Cut the marshmallows into small pieces, using a pair of scissors. Mix the pineapple and marshmallows and…

Peach Fluff

Add half the sugar to the cream, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and then add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Place the sliced…

Fig Puff

1 tablespoon grapefruit mar- Maraschino cherries malade Whip the cream until thick. Beat the egg-white until stiff, then combine with the…

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