Peppermint Creams

Ingredients

• Two pints of granulated sugar
• % teacup warm water
• 2 drops or more of oil of peppermint
• white of 1 egg

Method

1. 1

   Put the sugar and water in a saucepan and cook until syrup will just form a ball in ice water.

2. 2

   Then pour over the well-beaten eggs; add the peppermint and beat until it begins to thicken.

3. 3

   Drop on marble and let remain until they harden.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 209. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peppermint Oreams. Two pints of granulated sugar, % teacup warm water, 2 drops or more of oil of peppermint, white of 1 egg

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