Plain Tapioca Pudding
Directions
3 tablespoonfuls pearl tapioca to 1 quart new or skim milk. Boil 1 hour in double boiler, or in a pail set in a kettle of boiling water. Stir frequently. Take from stove and turn in pudding dish, then add yolk of 1 egg, 1/2 cupful of sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls will answer if not liked sweet, 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract. Bake one hour. Take from oven and let cool. Spread white of egg beaten to a froth with 1 teaspoonful sugar over top. Return to oven tc brown. This frosting may be dispensed with, and entire egg beaten and stirred into pudding. May be served hot or cold. If for a convalescent, egg may be dispensed with entirely, sweetening reduced and pudding served with sweet cream or rich milk, a little bit of stick cinnamon, orange or lemon peel boiled with the milk, will give an agreeable flavor. This pudding may be boiled on top of the stove instead of baked.