ICES FOR CRYSTALIZING.
Take 12 pounds No. 1 fondant and cut it in three parts of 4 pounds each; now flavor one vanilla, one strawberry and color pink; the other knead in a little dark chocolate, then work each piece into a stiff cream by adding XXXX sugar; now roll out each piece to about eighteen inches in length and set them together, then roll them round; cut up in four pieces so as to handle easily, and roll them until you get a long strip which is about as thick, or a little thicker, than stick candy; now cut them in small pieces and set them side by side on the bottom of a taffy pan; let them remain until a crust forms, so as to handle them, then crystalize them in a syrup cooked to 33½°.
You can also make the above each color separate and cut them in flat or square pieces, or you can work chopped nuts in them, or you can make a batch with bottom cream; then have a layer of apricot jelly, then a layer of cream on top.
These goods are nice for adding to mixed candy, and if you have good taste you can make a dozen different patterns; some round, some square, some diamond shape, etc.
SPICED DATES.
Cut open 5 pounds dates and remove the seeds; now take 3 pounds of fondant and mix into it a five-cent package of New England mince meat; knead it well to a stiff paste by adding XXXX sugar; now roll out in little pieces the size of a marble and fill each date, and let the open end show the cream as in common cream dates, then sand them in granulated sugar.
The above goods can also be dipped in fondant or chocolate, and are a fine piece of goods.
In dipping bon bons, you can sometimes use glycerine, by pouring a little of it in the cream; it has a tendency to keep the bon bons a little softer, and they will not become hard and dry as soon as without the above.