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Frozen Apricots

A historical dessert recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

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Gather

Ingredients

  • 1 can Apricots
  • 1½ cups Sugar
  • As needed Water

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Drain apricots, and cut in small pieces. To the syrup add enough water to make four cups, and cook with sugar five minutes; strain, add apricots, cool, and freeze. Peaches may be used instead of apricots.

  2. 2

    To make a richer dessert, add the whip from two cups cream when frozen to a mush, and continue freezing.

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Where this recipe comes from

Frozen Apricots, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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Historical measurements, equipment, temperatures and terminology may differ from modern kitchen practice.