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The Boston cooking-school cook book
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may be used in place of almonds. English Rolled Wafers I ½ cup molasses ½ cup butter 1 cup flour (scant) ⅔ cup sugar 1 tablespoon ginger Heat molasses to boiling-point, add butter, then slowly, stirring constantly, flour mixed and sifted with ginger and sugar. Drop small portions from tip of spoon on a buttered inverted dripping-pan two inches apart. Bake in a slow oven, cool slightly, remove from pan, and roll over handle of wooden spoon. [Illustration: ENGLISH ROLLED WAFERS I-II.—_Page 494._ ] [Illustration: MARGUERITES I.—_Page 493._ ] [Illustration: MOCHA CAKES.—_Page 518._ ] [Illustration: SMALL ÉCLAIRS.—_Page 519._ ] [Illustration: ICE CREAM CAKE (_Page 517_) WITH NUT CARAMEL FROSTING.—_Page 530._ ] English Rolled Wafers II To English Rolled Wafers I, add one and one-half cups rolled oats. Nut Bars 2 tablespoons brown sugar ¼ cup butter ¼ cup boiling water ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup flour ⅛ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons English walnut meat, finely chopped Halves of walnuts or almonds Caramelize two tablespoons sugar, add butter and water, and boil two minutes. Remove from fire, add remaining sugar, flour mixed with salt, and walnut meat. Spread as Rolled Wafers, crease in two-inch squares, and decorate with nut meats. Bake in a slow oven, and remove from pan at once. Nut Macaroons White 1 egg 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup pecan nut meats ¼ teaspoon salt Beat white of egg until light and add gradually, while beating constantly, sugar. Fold in nut meats, finely chopped and sprinkled with salt. Drop from tip of spoon, one inch apart, on an unbuttered sheet, and bake in a moderate oven until delicately browned. Brownies 1 cup sugar ¼ cup melted butter 1 egg, unbeaten 2 squares Baker’s chocolate, melted ¾ teaspoon vanilla ½ cup flour ½ cup walnut meats, cut in pieces Mix ingredients in order given. Line a seven-inch square pan with paraffine paper. Spread mixture evenly in pan and bake in a slow oven. As soon as taken from oven turn from pan, remove paper, and cut cake in strips, using a sharp knife. If these directions are not
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