Cheese Drops

Ingredients

• 3½ table-spoons flour
• 2 tablespoons melted Crisco
• 4 tablespoons grated cheese
• ½ teaspoon salt
• a dash of red pepper
• whites of 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Add flour and melted Crisco, blend until smooth.

2. 2

   Remove from fire, add cheese, salt, and red pepper.

3. 3

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

4. 4

   Drop onto a Criscoed baking sheet and bake for 12 to 14 minutes in a moderate oven.

5. 5

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 117. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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