Name: Common Sweet Sauce
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cupful of sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar; 3 minutes; 1 piece of butter as large as a small egg; 1 tablespoonful of vanilla or lemon extract

Original Recipe

Into a pint of water stir a paste made of a tablespoonful of cornstarch or flour (rubbed smooth with a little cold water); add a cupful of sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Cook well for three minutes. Take from the fire and add a piece of butter as large as a small egg; when cool, flavor with a tablespoonful of vanilla or lemon extract.

1 cupful of sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar
3 minutes
1 piece of butter as large as a small egg
1 tablespoonful of vanilla or lemon extract

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1

Into a pint of water stir a paste made of a tablespoonful of cornstarch or flour (rubbed smooth with a little cold water); add a cupful of sugar and a tablespoonful of vinegar.
2

Cook well for three minutes.
3

Take from the fire and add a piece of butter as large as a small egg; when cool, flavor with a tablespoonful of vanilla or lemon extract.

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