Caramel Icing

Ingredients

• 2% cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• % cup sugar
• 1 piece butter size of egg
• 1 egg yolk

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolk of egg, add to milk, then add 2.5 cups sugar and butter.

2. 2

   Place in boiler and let cook while you melt 0.25 cup sugar in an iron or heavy pan.

3. 3

   When entirely melted, pour into boiling-milk mixture.

4. 4

   Cook to temperature 232 degrees.

5. 5

   Let cool and beat in 1 cup broken nut meats.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CARAMEL ICING 2% cups sugar and 1 cup milk % cup sugar 1 piece butter size of egg 1 egg yolk

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