Delmonico Pudding.

1 quart milk, piece of butter size of a walnut, 3 tablespoons corn starch dissolved in a little milk, yolks of 4 eggs, 6 tablespoons white sugar. Boil all together. When done, place in a dish, and set in the oven while beating the whites of eggs, to which add 3 tablespoons powdered sugar. Flavor with vanilla. Spread the beaten whites of eggs over the pudding, and return to oven, to slightly brown.