This section is from the book "The Myrtle Reed Cook Book", by Myrtle Reed. Also available from Amazon: The Myrtle Reed Cook Book.
Thicken a pint of boiling water with one table-spoonful of butter and one of flour cooked together. Add brown sugar, lemon juice, and grated nutmeg or other flavor to taste, and serve.
Cream half a cupful of butter with half a cupful of powdered sugar, add the juice and grated rind of a lemon, set the basin into a pan of boiling water, stir until it foams, and serve immediately.
Mash fresh fruit with sugar to taste, let stand for three hours, and heat thoroughly before serving.
Cream a tablespoonful of butter with two table-spoonfuls of sugar, flavor with wine and grated nutmeg, and chill on ice. Fruit juice may be used instead of wine.
 
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