ose we will make
to-morrow." So she took all the pans of fondant into the dining-room,
and Mother Blair showed the girls there how to turn this plain white
candy into colored bonbons, working on the marble slab; they were lovely
when they were finished, and packed in boxes like the rest. Meanwhile,
Miss Betty said they would make:

CHOCOLATE COCOANUT CAKES

1 cup of sugar.
1/4 cup of water.
White of 1 egg.
1 cup of grated cocoanut from a package.
2 squares of chocolate, melted.

Let the sugar and water boil till it spins a thread. Beat the egg
white stiff, and very slowly pour in the syrup while beating all
the time; add the cocoanut, and then the melted chocolate. Drop on
sheets of buttered paper in spoonfuls.

"If you want to have these like little biscuits, do not put in the
chocolate; just put them on the paper after spreading it in shallow
tins, and bake them till they are brown on top. I think it would be nice
to make some of each."

When these were done and carried into the dining-room, Miss Betty said:
"And now I will show you how I make my very own pinoche. When I have to
earn my living, I shall do it by making this candy, and I'm sure in a
very short time I'll be a millionaire." The girls laughed, and said they
wanted to learn to get rich too.

PINOCHE

2-1/2 cups of brown sugar.
1/2 cup of cream.
Butter the size of an egg.
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts.
1/2 cup of chopped almonds.
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.

Boil the sugar, cream, and butter together twenty minutes; add the
nuts and vanilla, and beat well; when smooth and creamy, pour into
buttered tins; when cool, cut in squares.

"It's just as well we have so many to work," said Mildred. "It takes
lots of strength to beat this candy."

"Yes, we need Jack's strong arm," said Miss Betty, smiling. "To-morrow,
we must get him to help. Now here is another kind of nut candy that is
very good indeed, and when you are all done with that pinoche, we will
make this next."

NUT CREAMS

3 cups of light brown sugar.
Whites of 2 eggs.
1 cup of boiling water.
1 cup of chopped nuts.
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.

Boil the sugar and water, stirring and beating till the sugar is
all dissolved; then let it boil without stirring till it spins a
thread. Remove from the fire and let it stand on the table for
just a moment, to be sure it has stopped