White Glaze or Boiled Icing

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons water
• 4 whites of eggs
• Flavor

Method

1. 1

   Boil the sugar and water until a drop in cold water sets in brittle candy.

2. 2

   Have the whites slightly beaten in a bowl, pour the boiling sugar to them while you beat very rapidly.

3. 3

   Set over the fire again until it boils, taking care to keep it from burning.

4. 4

   Then set it on ice and beat with an egg beater until it is perfectly white and creamy and begins to set.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 220. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Glaze or Boiled Icing. 2 cups sugar. 6 tablespoons water. 4 whites of eggs. Flavor

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.