This section is from the book "A Laboratory Manual Of Foods And Cookery", by Emma B. Matteson. Also available from Amazon: A Laboratory Manual of Foods and Cookery.
Ingredients:
2 c. sugar 1/2 c. milk 1/16 tsp. salt
2 oz. chocolate 1 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. vanilla
Method:
Melt chocolate and butter, add sugar and milk and stir until sugar dissolves. Cook without stirring until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Let stand in cold water until cool. Add vanilla and beat until it can be handled. Mold, and place in buttered pan.
Ingredients:
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. milk or cream
1 tbsp. butter 1 c. nut meats 1 tsp. vanilla
1/16 tsp. salt
Method:
Proceed as for chocolate fudge.
Ingredients:
1 lb. maple sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 c. milk 1/16 tsp. soda
1/16 tsp. salt
Method :
Melt butter and sugar, add soda and bring to boiling point. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly; add salt. Proceed as for chocolate fudge.
Ingredients:
3 c. sugar 1/2 c. Karo
1 c. cream 1/2 lb. figs
1 tbsp. lemon juice
Ingredients:
3 c. sugar 1/2 c. Karo
1 c. cream 1 c. walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla
Ingredients:
2 c. sugar 1/4 c. butter 3/4 c. milk 1 c. coconut
1/4 c. each cherries, figs, and pineapples
Prepare as fudge - fruit flavoring added when cold.
Ingredients:
2 c. brown sugar 1 c. nuts
1 c. cream 1 c. candied cherries
1 lb. marshmallows Method:
Boil cream and sugar as fudge. Beat until creamy and add 1/2 c. nut meats and pour in pan. Melt marshmallows, stirring constantly, and add nuts and cherries. Pour over top of fudge.
Ingredients:
2 c. sugar white 1 egg
1/3 c. water 1/16 tsp. salt
1/2 c. nut meats or candied cherries Method:
Cook sugar and water to thread stage and pour slowly on beaten white of egg. Add nuts and beat until stiff enough to hold shape when dropped from tip of a teaspoon on paraffin paper or buttered plates.
Ingredients:
3 c. sugar
1 c. water
2 tbsp. corn sirup whites 3 eggs 1 c. nut meats
Method:
Boil sugar, water, and 1 c. corn sirup to hard crack. Have eggs beaten stiff and fold into them 2 tbsp. sirup. Beat eggs into boiled mixture and pour on to oiled paper.
Ingredients:
3 c. sugar 1 c. nuts 1 c. cream
1/4 c. honey 1 c. candied pineapple white 1 egg
Method :
Boil sugar and cream until it will almost spin a thread. Add 1/4 c. honey and cook to "soft ball" stage. Take from fire and add 1 beaten white of egg. Beat 1 minute and add 1 c. each chopped nuts and candied pineapple. Beat until creamy, and form into balls. Place on paraffin paper.
 
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