8 ounces granulated sugar.

4 whites of eggs.

8 ounces almonds.

1 teaspoon lemon juice or pinch of cream tartar.

Put the sugar and two of the whites in a deep bowl together, and beat with a wooden paddle about fifteen minutes, then add another white and beat again, then the lemon juice and then the last white. Crush the almonds by rolling them with the rolling-pin on the table. They need not be blanched (freed from the skins) unless so preferred. When they are reduced to meal mix them with the contents of the bowl. This mixture, as well as cake icing, should always be started with bowl and ingredients all cold, for if warm they cannot be beaten to the requisite degree of firmness.

Drop portions size of cherries on baking pans previously greased and then wiped dry. Bake in a slack oven, until light brown. Too much heat in the oven will cause them to melt and they should be little more than dried pale brown.

Cost of material - sugar 5, almonds 20, white of eggs and acid 6; 31 cents for 4 dozen. Turn to star kisses, No. 5, and note the difference in cost made by the almonds.