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The Cookery Blue Book

by First Unitarian Society of San Francisco

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Lemon Honey for Cake

Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, small cup sugar, 1/3 of water, 2 well-beaten eggs, small piece of butter. Let boil till it thickens.

Quick Icing

White of 1 egg, 1 heaping cup sugar, beat egg till it foams. Add sugar and flavoring, and stir very thoroughly.

Pies

Puff Paste

Equal quantities of butter and flour by weight, the butter to be washed. The yolk of 1 egg. Divide butter in three or four parts and chill; chop one portion into the flour, mix with ice water, and roll in the remainder. Roll and fold several times. If it grows sticky, chill till it hardens.

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