Cocoanut Meringue

Ingredients

• the whites of four eggs
• one and one-quarter cups granulated sugar
• mix in the cocoanut

Method

1. 1

   Beat the whites of four eggs until stiff, then beat in one and one-quarter cups granulated sugar.

2. 2

   Put this mixture over the kettle and steam it till the sugar begins to harden on the sides of the dish, then take off and mix in the cocoanut till it is thick enough to stand in shape, and not run when put in the oven.

3. 3

   Bake in moderate oven, or rather dry out; there is really nothing to be cooked, but have them a nice light brown.

4. 4

   Use buttered pans.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Common sense recipe book (1898) by Sarah Allen, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

the whites of four eggs until stiff, then beat in one and one-quarter cups granulated sugar. Put this mixture over the kettle and steam it till the sugar begins to harden on the sides of the dish, then take off and mix in the cocoanut

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