A Hard Sauce

Name: A Hard Sauce
Ingredients: ¼ cup butter (or vegetable shortening, I hate to admit); salt; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; ½ cup powdered sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Cook a Wolf

By MFK Fisher

Published 1944

About

Ingredients

¼ cup butter (or vegetable shortening, I hate to admit)
½ cup powdered sugar

Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Beat until very fluffy. (Add ¼ cup chopped nuts if desired.) [Or shredded coconut or chopped candied fruits. I like it best without additions.] Chill in a bowl and serve with hot gingerbread or any other hot cake.