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.

Ice-Creams and Frozen Desserts

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

American Ice-Cream

Scald the milk, stirring constantly. Mix the flour and cold water to a smooth paste and add to it slowly the scalded milk, continuing the…

French Ice-Cream

Scald the cream with a piece of vanilla bean. Beat the egg-yolks, add the sugar and pour the cream slowly on the mixture, beating…

Pecan Cream

Melt the chocolate, add sugar, and cook with water until smooth and glossy. Add the cream slowly, then the salt, the pecan-meats crushed…

Fresh-Fruit Ice-Cream

Prepare fruit by sprinkling sugar over it. Let it stand one , hour, press through a coarse sieve and stir into American icecream when the…

Peach Ice-Cream

Make custard as directed for vanilla ice-cream. When cool, add the peach -pulp and juice, and freeze.

Ice-Cream Sandwiches

Devil's food, angel cake, sponge cake, butter cake, or éclair or -puff cream shells may be the foundation of many a delicious icecream…

Maple Mousse

Combine maple sirup, sugar and one cup of cream and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add the gelatin softened in water and dissolved…

Grape Ice

Boil the sugar and water together for five minutes. Mix all the ingredients together, strain and freeze.

Pineapple Sherbet

2 cups shredded pineapple, fresh or canned Boil water and sugar together for five minutes. Chop pineapple (it may be put through a…

Cider Frappé

Boil sugar and water together for five minutes. Add cider and fruit-juices. Cool, strain and freeze to a mush.

Cranberry Frappé

Cook the cranberries and water together for ten minutes, then force through a sieve. Add the sugar and the juice of the lemons, cool and…

Marshmallow Sauce

Boil the sugar and milk until the sirup threads. When almost cold, beat until thick and white. Set in boiling water and stir until thin…

Hot Fudge Chocolate Sauce

Mix together the sugar, water and grated chocolate. Boil for five minutes. Cool slightly and add the butter and vanilla.

Strawberry or Raspberry Sauce

¼ cup butter or butter sub- 1 egg-white stitute 1 cup strawberries or rasp- 1 cup powdered sugar berries

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