1 cup sugar.

1 cup water.

1 heaping teaspoon corn starch.

1 yolk of egg.

1 ounce butter.

Lemon peel or nutmeg.

Boil the sugar and water with the flavoring in it. Mix the starch in a cup with water and thicken, beat in the butter then the yolk or two of them. Costs 8 or 9 cents for a pint.