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water; stew them till they are soft, and then put in two ounces of butter, a
little mace, nutmeg, and grated lemon-peel, and sugar to the taste. Line your
pie-pans with good crust, and when the fruit is cold, put it in, and put on a
rim and cover of puff-paste. This will make three pies.
SWEET-POTATO PIE.
Take five eggs, half a pound of butter, and a quarter of a pound of sugar, add
as much sweet potato as will thicken it, the juice and grated peel of one lemon;
beat it well, and bake it in a light crust.
PUMPKIN, YANKEE FASHION.
Beat ten eggs, and two small tea-cupfuls of sugar, add two quarts of rich milk,
a cup of cream, a little salt, an ounce of butter, a table-spoonful of ginger,
and the same of cinnamon, half a nutmeg; add one quart of strained pumpkin; bake
in a rich puffy paste.
CHAPTER XIII.
CAKES.
IF you wish to have your cake look white and beautiful, you must use loaf-sugar;
but good brown sugar is equally good as to taste. Always use fresh
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