The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Bird's-Nest Pudding

Peel and core eight apples, but do not break them. Arrange them in a good-sized pudding-dish, and fill the places where the cores were with sugar. Then, with one and one-half pints of milk, three ounces of flour, and four or five eggs, make a batter; pour this over the apples, and bake until the fruit is done. For the sauce, beat one-fourth pound of butter until very light, add one-half pound of powdered white sugar, and one-fourth of a pint of cream. Stand the bowl containing the mixture in a basin of hot water, and stir until all is creamy. Two minutes should be sufficient. Serve in a sauceboat.

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