Chapter I: Front Matter

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BETTINA’S
BEST
DESSERTS

By
Louise Bennett Weaver
And
Helen Cowles LeCron

Authors A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband
of A Thousand Ways to Please a Family
and Bettina’s Best Salads

“Give Your Table The Bettina Touch”
Illustrated by Elizabeth Colborne

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers New York

Copyright, 1923
By
A. L. Burt Company

All Rights Reserved
]

Made in U. S. A.

Foreword

Desserts are dreadful things to plan?
Besides, you never know
Just what is going to please a man?
My dear, this book will show
You countless things without a doubt.
Why, Bob himself asserts
That not one home should be without
Bettina’s Best Desserts!

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APPLE DESSERTS 9

APRICOT DESSERTS 22

BANANA DESSERTS 26

BLUEBERRY DESSERTS 30

CAKE DESSERTS 32

CHERRY DESSERTS 40

CREAM PUFFS AND ECLAIRS 45

CUSTARDS 49

FROZEN DESSERTS 54

GELATINE DESSERTS 81

GRAPE JUICE DESSERTS 87

MIXED FRUIT DESSERTS 89

ORANGE DESSERTS 91

PEACH DESSERTS 95

PIES 102

PINEAPPLE DESSERTS 122

PRUNE DESSERTS 129

PUDDINGS 131

RASPBERRY DESSERTS 163

SOUFFLES 167

STRAWBERRY DESSERTS 169

WHIPS 174

SIMPLE DESSERT SUGGESTIONS 177

INDEX 179