The Butterick Cook Book

The pattern company's cookbook, 1911 — thirty-two chapters from appetizers to the fireless cooker.

Cold Desserts

24 recipes in this part of The Butterick Cook Book.

Panish Cream

Take one-half box of gelatine; one pint of milk; three eggs (yolks and whites); five tablespoons of sugar; one and one-half teaspoons of…

Bavarian Cream

Soak one-half box of gelatine in one-half cup of cold water for one hour, and whip one pint of cream and set it to drain. Beat the yolks of…

Coffee Bavarian Cream

Use the recipe for Bavarian Cream, adding one-half cup of strong coffee to every three cups of the mixture.

Mock Bavarian Cream

One-third of a cup of powdered sugar; yolks of two eggs; one-half cup of light wine, or fruit juice; and the grated rind, and juice of half…

Velvet Cream

Add four tablespoons of powdered sugar to one pint of thick cream and stir until dissolved. Soak onethird of a box of gelatine for one-half…

Cream Baskets

Line cups with macaroons and place half a preserved peach in the bottom. Fill with Mock Bavarian Cream; chill on ice; turn out on two…

Surprise Loaf

Bake a cabinet pudding with sliced fruit.. and when cold remove from the pan; cover with peach whip, made from preserved peaches, press…

Rice Bavarin

Put into a double boiler one and one-half pints of milk and a few thin cuts of lemon peel. When it boils stir in one-half cup of…

Mocha Pudding

Put one quart of milk into a double boiler, drop in a muslin bag containing one-half cup of pulverized coffee and let it infuse for fifteen…

Wine Jelly

Soak one-half box of gelatine in one-half cup of cold water and dissolve in three-fourths cup of boiling water; add one cup of sugar, one…

Lemon Jelly

Soak one-half box of gelatine in one-half cup of cold water for twenty minutes. Dissolve in two and one-half cups of boiling water, add one…

Orange Jelly

One-half box of gelatine soaked in one-half cup of cold water, one and one-half cups of boiling water; one cup of sugar; grated rind and…

Iceland Moss Jelly

Soak one-fourth ounce of isinglass in one-half pint of cold water for three hours and then boil gently. Steep three-fourths ounce of…

Kumquat Jelly

Cut one box of kumquats in slices, add sufficient cold water to cover; bring slowly to the boiling point and cook moderately for…

Russian Jelly

Soak one-half box of gelatine for one hour in a teacup of cold water, and then melt it by adding one cup of boiling water, stirring until…

Coffee Jelly

For coffee jelly take one-half box of gelatine, one pint of strong coffee and three-fourths of a pound of sugar. Soak gelatine and pour the…

Jellied Prunes

One-half pound of prunes, washed, soaked over night and cooked in same water until tender. Remove the stones and cut the prunes in…

Diplomatic Pudding

This is molded in a double mold; the outer, being filled with jelly, and the inner one with Bavarian Cream, or Charlotte Russe mixture…

Fruit Chartreuse

Follow the recipe for Diplomatic Puddings, filling the cavity in the centre with Fruit Salad No. 1.

Fig and Ginger Pudding

Cut in tiny pieces one-half pound of crystalized ginger, and one and one-half pounds of figs Dissolve two cups granulated sugar in five…

Tipsy Pudding

This may be made of any dry cake, sponge cake being preferred. Put a layer of raspberry or apricot jam at the bottom of a glass dish, place…

Peach Snow

One cup of cream; two eggs (whites); one cup of sugar; one quart of sliced peaches. Add half the sugar to the cream, stir until the sugar…

Cornstarch Blanc Mange

This is an especially wholesome dessert for children. To make enough for five persons allow one pint of milk; one-half teaspoon of salt…

New England Apricot Pudding

Soak half a pound of apricots over night. Stew until tender with a half cup of sugar. Arrange squares of toasted bread, well buttered and…

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