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and with a two-tined fork or a bonbon dipper remove from chocolate to oiled paper, drawing dipper through top of each the entire length, thus leaving a ridge.

Nougat Drops

Drop Almond Nougat mixture from the tip of a spoon on an oiled marble slab as soon as taken from fire. These drops have a rough surface. When cold, dip in melted confectioners' chocolate, if desired.

Peanut Nougat
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 quart peanuts
  • ΒΌ teaspoon salt

Shell, remove skins, and finely chop peanuts. Sprinkle with one fourth teaspoon salt. Put sugar in hot iron frying pan, place on range, and stir constantly with wooden spoon until melted to a syrup, taking care to keep sugar from sides of pan. Add nut meats, pour at once into a warm buttered tin, or on marble slab, and mark in small squares. If sugar is not removed from range as soon as melted, it will quickly burn.

Nut Bar

Cover the bottom of a buttered shallow pan with one and one third cups nut meats (castaneas,

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