~ Marguerites/cookies Recipe ~

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       Title: Marguerites/cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 40 servings
  
       1 c  Sugar
            Few grains salt
       1 c  Chopped nuts
     1/3 c  Water
       1    Beaten egg white
      40    Saltines
  
   Combine sugar, water, and salt.  Boil to soft ball stage (236 F). Pour
   slowly, beating constantly, over stiffly beaten egg white. Beat until stiff
   enough to hold its shape when dropped from a spoon. Pile lightly on
   saltines.
    Sprinkle with nuts.  Place on baking sheet.  Brown in slow oven (325 F).
   Chopped raisins may be substituted for, or used with the nuts. 40 servings.
  
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