Hard Sauce
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 140. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- In a small mixer bowl beat together softened margarine or butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes or till mixture is well combined. Beat in vanilla.
- Spoon into serving bowl. Chill to harden. Serve with plum pudding or warm gingerbread.
- Brandy Hard Sauce: Prepare as above, except substitute 1 tablespoon brandy or rum for the vanilla.
- Orange Hard Sauce: Prepare as above, except substitute 1/4 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel and 1 tablespoon orange juice or orange liqueur for the vanilla.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "hard sauce" by Robbie1; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/85278812@N00/49456398171. Cropped/resized.
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