Banana Snowball

Ingredients

• one pint of milk
• two tablespoonfuls of sugar
• the yolks of two eggs
• a pinch of salt
• butter the size of a walnut
• one teaspoonful of corn-starch
• a little vanilla flavoring
• three bananas

Method

1. 1

   Place in a double boiler one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, the yolks of two eggs, a pinch of salt, and butter the size of a walnut; add one teaspoonful of corn-starch; stir over the fire until thick; then add a little vanilla flavoring.

2. 2

   When custard is cold, beat the two whites to a stiff froth, mix with two tablespoonfuls of sugar.

3. 3

   Cut three bananas into slices and place in a dish, pour over the custard and put whites of eggs on top in shape of snowballs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 218. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BANANA SNOWBALL. Place in a double boiler one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and the yolks of two eggs, a pinch of salt and butter the size of a walnut; add one teaspoonful of corn-starch; stir over the fire until thick; then add a little vanilla flavoring. When custard is cold beat the two whites to a stiff froth, mix with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Cut three bananas

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