Ingredients
FROM JONI'S KITCHEN
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 pt salt
4 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 pt ice cream
Directions
Beat yolks and sugar together. Add cocoa. Add dry, which have been
mixed together. Incorporate butter and vanilla. Beat whites to stiff
peaks. Fold into batter. Fill buttered molds 2/3 full. Bake at 435
for 10 min or until firm to the touch. Fill with ice cream when cool
and wrap for freezer. Makes 12 sandwiches.
L.Jordanejordan@nero.uvic.ca.
Formatted for Joni's Kitchen via Cyberspace
Servings: 2 lg eggs, s
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