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A  GOOD  DESSERT
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A GOOD DESSERT

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

890
Calories
24g
Protein
18g
Fat
153g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one pound of flour
  • a pound of loaf sugar
  • a pint of boiling water
  • a small piece of butter
  • three eggs very light
  • one yolk
  • two teaspoonsful of rice flour
  • three quarters of an hour to boil
  • salt

Directions

1

Take half a pound of loaf sugar; rub on it the rind of a lemon ; add half a pint of boiling water ; let it stand till quite cold ; beat the whites of three eggs very light, and one yolk. Mix all together

2

FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. 85

3

"with a little lemon juice. Put this in a pitcher and set it in a pan of boiling water, stirring it till it is thick : when quite cold, put it in cups. If you find it difficult to thicken, add two teaspoonsful of rice flour, with the boiling vy'ater.

4

APPLE DUMPLINGS. Boil some potatoes; mash them with salt and a small piece of butter; add flour, enough to make a paste; pare and core your apples; have small dumpling-cloths, on each of which place a table- spoonful of dough, and roll it out ; then tie up an apple in each one ; scald and flour your cloth. They should be put in when the water boils, and will take from half to three quarters of an hour to boil, if the apples are good.

5

PEACH DUMPLINGS. Make a paste of one pound of flour, and a quar- ter of suet ; cut the suet up fine : put in water enough to make a paste ; pare your peaches, and put each one in a cloth; tie up and boil: have a small cloth for each dumpling.

By Hodgson, Mary, fl. 1855 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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