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Coffee (Maids of Honor-Crisco puff)

*Maids of Honor-Crisco puff pastry, 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon ground almonds, 2 eggs, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 4 tablespoons melted Crisco, and 1 tablespoon cocoanut. Roll out Crisco puff pastry and line 8 gem pans with it. Put eggs and sugar into basin, and beat them together for 15 minutes; then stir in lightly Crisco, ground almonds, cocoanut, and vanilla. Put 3 teaspoons into each gem pan and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. When cooked, sprinkle over with little sugar.

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