1 pint milk or water - 3 cups. 4 ounces sugar - 1/2 cup.

2 ounces flour - 1/2 cup.

2 eggs. Very little salt.

1 tablespoon lemon extract, or vanilla.

Boil the milk - a spoonful of the sugar in it will prevent scorching - mix the sugar and flour together dry and very thoroughly, drop them into the boiling milk and beat rapidly with an egg whisk. When it has thickened add the eggs and let cook slowly at back of the range about 10 minutes longer. Flavor when cool.

The foregoing quantity is right for filling the 20 puffs of the preceding receipt.

Cost of cream puffs - eggs 14, butter 8, sugar 3, extract 3, flour 2; 30 cents for from 15 to 25 according to size. Large ones sell at 5c each.