Peach Cup

Ingredients

• 8 ripe, or canned, or dried peaches or apricots
• 1£ cupfuls flour
• 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• £ teaspoonf ul salt
• $ cupful milk
• 1 tablespoonful butter
• 2 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Pare the peaches, mash two of them, and add the well-beaten egg yolks.

2. 2

   Add the milk; then the dry ingredients (through a sifter).

3. 3

   Melt the butter, add it to the flour mixture.

4. 4

   Beat well; then cut and fold in the well-beaten whites.

5. 5

   Put a layer of the mixture in the bottom of a custard cup, add half a peach or apricot, and cover with batter.

6. 6

   Sprinkle granulated sugar over the top, and bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes.

7. 7

   Turn from the cups and serve hot with Hard Sauce or with plain or whipped cream.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A text-book of cooking (1915) by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peach Cup The Preparation of Eggs for Delicate Quick Breads. — In all the quick bread mixtures given thus far, the whites and yolks of eggs were beaten together. It was shown in Ex- periments 39 and 41 (p. 93) that more air could be inclosed in an egg mixture when the white and yolk were beaten separately. It is well, therefore, to beat each part of an egg separately when a delicate bread is desired. The reason that meringues, unless cooked, fall after a time, is because some of the inclosed air has escaped. From this it is apparent why eggs used in quick breads should not be beaten until ready for use. It is possible, also, by much stirring and careless mixing, to lose some of the air inclosed in a beaten egg white. When the egg is to be separated, the method of cutting and folding, as used in Foamy Omelet (see p. 94), should be used for mixing the egg whites with the other ingredients of a quick bread. PEACH CUP 8 ripe, or canned, or dried 1£ cupfuls flour peaches or apricots 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 eggs £ teaspoonf ul salt $ cupful milk 1 tablespoonful butter

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