The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

Candies

12 recipes in this part of The Story of Crisco.

Chocolate Fudge

2 squares (2 ozs.) chocolate 2 cupfuls sugar 1 tablespoonful Crisco 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract Put Crisco, milk, sugar, salt, and…

Clear Almond Taffy

1 cupful water 2 cupfuls almonds Pinch cream of tartar 1/2 teaspoonful almond extract 1/4 teaspoonful salt Blanch, split, and bake almonds…

Cocoanut Caramels

2 tablespoonfuls glucose 1 cupful dessicated cocoanut 1 cupful milk 1 cupful cream 1 lb. brown sugar 3/4 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful rose…

Crisco Drops

1/2 cupful golden syrup 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/4 cupful water 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1½ teaspoonful vanilla extract Put Crisco, golden…

Cream Candy

1/2 cupful water 2 cupfuls brown sugar 3 tablespoonfuls Crisco, melted 1 teaspoonful orange extract 1/4 teaspoonful salt Dissolve sugar in…

Crisco Fruit Fudge

2 tablespoonfuls cocoa 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 1½ cupful chopped English walnut…

Everton Taffy

2 cupfuls brown sugar 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract Pinch cream of tartar 1/4 teaspoonful salt Put sugar and water…

Fig Fudge

Pinch cream of tartar Pinch salt 14 lb. chopped figs 1 lb. brown sugar 1 tablespoonful Crisco 1 cupful water 1 teaspoonful lemon extract…

Honey Squares

1 cupful strained honey 1/2 cupful cream 1/4 teaspoonful salt 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco Pinch cream of tartar 1 cupful brown sugar 1…

Maple Candy

1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 cupful water Dissolve sugars in water in saucepan over fire, when boiling add Crisco…

Molasses Candy

2 cupfuls brown sugar 1/4 cupful molasses 5 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 gill water 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract Dissolve…

Peanut Fudge

2 cupfuls brown sugar 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful milk 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful chopped peanuts 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract…

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