Chocolate No Bakes

In double boiler, melt 1/2 lb milk chocolate, 1 pkg choc chips, 2 sq unsweetened chocolate & 1 T butter. Cool.

Chop 1/1/2 c. cocoanut, mix with cooled chocolate & stir in 4 c. corn flakes.

Drop onto cookie sheet. Put in refrig & set.

Meringues

My sister Kristine's childhood favorite--a perfect no-fat goodie. For the cookie sheet, you cut open a brown paper bag.


2 egg whites (the eggs are, obviously beaten; on another card the words "stiff & dry" are crossed off--perhaps because she stopped when they were stiff and damp?)

1/2 c. sugar

add sugar 6 T one at a time

& after adding 1/2 t. vanilla,
add rest of the sugar

Bake w/br paper, at 250 = 50 minutes

Almond Butter Crunch

One of my all-time favorites of Mom's sweets is her almond butter crunch.

Last Christmas in California, my sister Joanne and I wanted to make it, but couldn't find the recipe. We called Kristine in Michigan and she didn't have it either, but found a recipe in the Better Homes and Garden Cookbook, which Mom used a lot, that sounded similar.

We made it, and it turned out well enough, but didn't seem quite as succulent as Mom's. And it felt harder on the teeth (maybe because of the corn syrup).

Back in New York, I searched the boxes and found it:

Butter Toffee

Combine 1 c. sugar, 1/4 c. water, 1/2 c. butter & cook to 285. Add 1/2 c. ground roasted almonds & cover with melted choc.

2 oz. choc.