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Lemon Sauce I

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

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Gather

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups Sugar
  • ¼ cup Water
  • 2 teaspoons Butter
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Make a syrup by boiling sugar and water eight minutes; remove from fire; add butter and lemon juice.

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Where this recipe comes from

Lemon Sauce I, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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