| | | | | water and two of granulated sugar-or a pound of |
| CHOCOLATE CREAMS, No. 1 | | | | loaf sugar. Stir until the sugar is nearly melted, then |
| Beat the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth. | | | | place on the fire and heat slowly, but do not stir the |
| Gradually beat into this two cupfuls of confectioners' | | | | mixture. Watch carefully and note when it begins to |
| sugar. If the eggs be large, it may take a little more | | | | boil. When the sugar has been boiling for ten minutes, |
| sugar. Flavor with half a teaspoonful of vanilla, and | | | | take up a little of it and drop in ice-water. If it |
| work well. Now roll into little balls, and drop on a | | | | hardens enough to form a soft ball when rolled |
| slightly buttered platter. Let the balls stand for an | | | | between the thumb and finger, it is cooked enough. |
| hour or more. Shave five ounces of Walter Baker & | | | | Take the saucepan from the fire instantly, and set in |
| Co.'s Premium No. 1Chocolate and put into a small | | | | a cool, dry place. When the syrup is so cool that the |
| bowl, which place on the fire in a saucepan containing | | | | finger can be held in it comfortably, pour it into a |
| boiling water. When the chocolate is melted, take the | | | | bowl, and stir with a wooden spoon until it becomes |
| saucepan to the table, and drop the creams into | | | | thick and white. When it begins to look dry, and a |
| thechocolate one at a time, taking them out with a | | | | little hard, take out the spoon, and work with the |
| fork and dropping them gently on the buttered dish. | | | | hand until the cream is soft and smooth. Flavor with |
| It will take half an hour or more to harden the | | | | a few drops of vanilla, and, after shaping, cover |
| chocolate. | | | | withchocolate, as directed in the preceding recipe. |
| CHOCOLATE CREAMS, No. 2 | | | | Caution.-Do not stir the syrup while it is cooking, and |
| For these creams you should make a fondant in this | | | | be careful not to jar or shake the saucepan. |
| way: put into a granite-ware saucepan one cupful of | | | | |