Grandmothers Sauce

Original Recipe

Cream together a cupful of sifted sugar and half a cupful of butter, add a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon and an egg well beaten. Boil a teacupful of milk and turn it, boiling hot, over the mixture slowly, stirring all the time; this will cook the egg smoothly. It may be served cold or hot.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of sifted sugar and half a cupful of butter
  • 1 teaspoonful of ground cinnamon and an egg well beaten
  • 1 teacupful of milk and turn it

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Cream together a cupful of sifted sugar and half a cupful of butter, add a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon and an egg well beaten.

  2. 2

    Boil a teacupful of milk and turn it, boiling hot, over the mixture slowly, stirring all the time; this will cook the egg smoothly.

  3. 3

    It may be served cold or hot.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)