Fw: need ice cream cone recipe::here it is!!

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Here's another one. Didn't see if before or I'd sent them together.

Janice

Re: need ice cream cone recipe::here it is!!

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>I wish I had written down where this came from in order to give credit (or

>blame, depending how they turn out!)

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>ICE CREAM CONES

>1 LARGE EGG

>1/4 CUP SUGAR

>1/4 CUP WATER

>1TEASPOON VANILLA

>DASH SALT

>2 tABLESPOONS OIL

>1/4 CUP CORN STARCH

>HEAVY DUTY ALUMINUM FOIL (18 INCHES WIDE, 27 INCHES LONG)

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>Cut foil into 9 inches by 9 inches. Fold each square from one corner to

>oppisite corner to make 6 double triangles. Smooth. Using centerof each

>triangle's folded edge as the point of the cone, start to roll the foil to

>form shapes on which to form the cones.

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>Beat egg slightly. Add sugar and salt, beating as you add, until thick and

>light in color. Add water and vanilla gradually to cornstarch, mixing

until

>it is very smooth. Stir this into egg mixture. Lightly grease griddle.

>Heat it until a drop bounces. Spoon batter onto pan, tilting to create a 4

>inch " pancake " . Cook on low till cake is firm enough to dislodge as whole.

>Turn over. Cook till firm (not necesarily brown). Have a lerge flat

>surface. Using a fork, roll pancake onto prepared form-making cone. Set

it

>down, loose end at bottom. DO NOT remove foil. (I'm presuming they mean

>till well cooled.)

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>I remember reading (Bette hageman??) That some independent sweet-type

shpops

>or family owned old-fashioned ice cream shoppes might have their own cone

>making machine. Perhaps you could arrange to have the batter there first

>thing in the morning before the machine gets

>contaminated .

>beth

>(wonder if the same recipe and principle would make fortune cookies??)

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