The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

Puddings and Dessert Sauces

17 recipes in this part of The Metropolitan Cook Book.

Boiled Salad Dressing

1 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne 1 teaspoon mustard 2 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons sugar Yolks 2 eggs or 1 egg cup milk 2 tablespoons…

French Dressing

teaspoon salt teaspoon white pepper Pinch of mustard 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon vinegar 4 tablespoons olive oil teaspoon paprika…

Rice Pudding

1-21-44 cup sugar teaspoon salt 2 eggs Rice may be cooked in water or milk. Stir into milk, add sugar, salt and eggs, slightly beaten. 1…

Steamed Chocolate Pudding

1 egg 2½ teaspoons baking-powder 1 cup milk teaspoon salt 1½-1 cups flour 2 squares chocolate Cream shortening, and gradually, add egg yolk…

Steamed Pudding

2 tablespoons shortening, ½ cup sour milk melted cup molasses teaspoon soda 2 cups flour teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon mixed spice cup chopped…

Fruit Rice Pudding

cup chopped nuts cup chopped figs cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon +teaspoon nutmeg 1-41-2 Put 2 cups of boiled rice in a baking dish, add 2…

English Plum Pudding

pound raisins, seeded, cut in pieces and floured pound currants 2 ounces finely cut citron pound suet 1-41-23-41-31-3 cup fruit juice…

Steamed Apple Pudding

Put a thick layer of sliced apples in a kettle, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and cook over a low fire until they are soft. Make a…

Tapioca Cream Pudding

2 cups scalded milk 1 egg cup sugar 1 tablespoons minute tapioca, or cup pearl tapioca teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Pick over tapioca…

Fudge Shortcake

Bake the plain cake mixture (page 46) in muffin or cup cake pans. Serve with hot chocolate sauce (see below). Whipped cream may also be…

Cup Cake Surprise

Make hard sauce (see below). Peel and cut up four good sized peaches. Add to hard sauce and set in the refrigerator or other cool place an…

Chocolate Sauce (Tablespoons hot water cup)

2 tablespoons hot water cup sugar cup hot milk cup double cream 2 eggs teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon vanilla Melt chocolate, add sugar and hot…

Creamy Hard Sauce

½ cup thick cream, whipped 1 teaspoon vanilla Add sugar gradually and enough cream to pour.

Hard Sauce

1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream butter, add sugar gradually while beating, add flavoring.

Caramel Sauce

Butter the inside of a granite sauce pan, add 2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate, and melt over hot water; add 2 cups of light brown sugar…

Chocolate Sauce (To be served with vanilla ice)

(To be served with vanilla ice cream.) cup boiling water 2 squares unsweetened cup sugar chocolate 2 tablespoons butter teaspoon vanilla…

Lemon Sauce

2 tablespoons butter 1½ tablespoons lemon juice Few gratings nutmeg Pinch of salt Mix the sugar and corn starch. Add the water gradually…

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