Penoche
Public Domain Recipes

Penoche

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 2/ cup 'C' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup nutmeats

Directions

  1. Mix the sugar, butter, milk and cream of tartar.
  2. Cook, stirring occasionally to prevent from scorching, until a soft ball is formed when a little candy is dropped in cold water.
  3. Remove from the fire, and do not stir until it is cool.
  4. Put back on the stove for one minute, stirring constantly.
  5. Remove from stove, and beat vigorously until very creamy.
  6. Add the nuts and vanilla.
  7. When hard and creamy, remove from the pan, patting into shape and kneading until soft and creamy.
  8. Place on a buttered pan, patting to the thickness of three-fourths of an inch.
  9. Cut into the desired shape.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Ingredients: milk, sugar, butter, cream of tartar, vanilla, nutmeat

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, knife, egg beater, stove

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