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Fruit Paste

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons gelatine
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 1/3 cup corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup chopped raisins
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Mix cornstarch with 1 tablespoon cold water. Heat corn syrup to the boil, add cornstarch and cook for three minutes. Soften the gelatine in two tablespoons cold water for five minutes; stir into the hot syrup after taking from fire. When gelatine has dissolved add the fruit and nuts and flavoring. Chill, cut in squares, and roll each in powdered sugar.

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Source

Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them (1918).