Caramel Custard

Yolks of 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Boil milk. Put sugar in frying pan and burn to rich chocolate brown. Stir constantly until melted. Pour in milk, let stand on stove and stir until dissolved. Beat yolks, add cornstarch dissolved in little milk. Pour hot mixture on eggs, stirring constantly. Bake in moderate oven, as a custard. Add meringue of whites of eggs and brown.

Caramel Custard In Cups (Fine)

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Melt 4 tablespoons sugar until light brown; pour it into 6 cups and shake quickly so the caramel will line them. Beat 3 eggs without separating. Add to them 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 1/2 cups cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Thoroughly mix all, and pour over the caramel. Set the cups in a baking pan of hot water and bake in the oven 10 or 15 minutes, until set in the center. Serve cold.

Apple Custard

Pare and core 8 or 10 medium-sized apples. Lay them in cold water until a syrup is prepared in which to boil them. Make a syrup of 1 cup water, juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, 3/4 cup sugar, and a few pieces of stick cinnamon. Put in the apples and simmer until soft. Take them up, nicely drained and place in dish for table. Boil syrup and pour over them. Make a soft custard with yolks of 4 eggs, 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 scant quart milk. When cold, spread over the apples. Whip the whites of the eggs, flavor with lemon and place on custard. Set in oven long enough to color frosting.

Orange Custard

Five eggs beaten with 2 cups sugar. Add juice of 2 oranges and rind of 1 and 2 1/2 cups milk. Fill cups and bake 1/2 hour.

Prune Whip

Soak 12 large prunes over night. Stew until tender. (Try with a straw). Remove pits. Cut very small; add 1/2 cup sugar, the whites of 2 eggs, beaten stiff, 1 heaping teaspoon cream tartar. Beat all together and pour into baking dish. Place in moderate oven until whites of eggs are brown. Serve in same dish as cooked in. Beat yolks and add to milk for sauce. Sufficient quantity for 6 persons.

Prune Whip

To 3/4 pound prunes stewed very soft and strained through a colander add 4 tablespoons fine sugar, whites of 4 eggs, well beaten. Bake 20 minutes in slow oven. When cold serve with whipped cream.