ls sugar, 1/2 tablespoonful
butter, 1/2 cup milk and 2 cups finely chopped apples; stir butter and
sugar to a cream and add the yolks of 3 eggs; then flour and milk,
next the chopped apples and lastly the whites of the eggs, beaten to
a stiff froth; cut with a spoon a portion from this mixture the size
of a large walnut, drop into boiling fat and fry till done; serve
dusted with sugar and send wine or snow sauce to table with it. The
above recipe will make 20 fritters. If plain flour is used mix it
with 1-1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder and 1/2 teaspoonful salt.

401. +Cherry Fritters.+-- Remove the pits from 1 pint nice, ripe
cherries, mix them with the same ingredients as Apple Fritters, fry
in boiling lard, dust with powdered sugar and serve with cherry or
wine sauce.

402. +Orange Fritters.+-- Pare and quarter 6 oranges and remove the
white skin and pits; mix the orange pieces with the same ingredients
as Apple Fritters, drop the mixture, by spoonfuls, into boiling lard
and fry a light brown. See that each fritter has 3 pieces of orange
and serve with following sauce:--Stir 2 tablespoonfuls butter with 6
tablespoonfuls powdered sugar to a cream and add the yolks of 2 eggs
and 1/2 cup finely cut orange pieces; set the sauce in a saucepan of
boiling water and stir till it is melted; then serve. Care should be
taken to choose oranges that are not bitter.

403. +Rice Fritters.+-- Put 1 cup rice in a saucepan, add cold water
and boil 5 minutes; drain in colander and rinse with cold water;
return rice to saucepan and add 1 pint milk, 1/2 teaspoonful salt and
1/2 tablespoonful butter; boil until rice is thick and soft; transfer
it to a dish and when cold mix with 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, the
yolks of 4 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls prepared flour and lastly the
whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth; drop this with a
tablespoon like small dumplings into boiling lard and fry till done;
pile them on a dish, dust over with sugar and serve with snow sauce
flavored with wine and a little vanilla.

404. +Cocoanut Fritters.+-- Make a batter the same as for Apple
Fritters, stir 1 large cup freshly grated cocoanut into it and
finish the same as Apple Fritters. Serve with the following
sauce:--Boil 1 cup sugar with 1/2 cup water till it forms a thread
between 2 fingers; remove from fire; beat the whites of 2 eggs to a
stiff froth; add the boiling hot sugar syrup slowly, beating
constantly with an egg beater; then stir in 3 or 4 tab