[From: Every Woman's Cook Book, by Mrs. Chas. F. Moritz  (1926) p. 467]
 
                         GRAPENUT KISSES

1/2 cup grapenuts                          2 egg whites
2/3 cup sugar                                1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup pecan meats (cut fine)       Tiny pinch salt

  Heat grapenuts, then roll fine.  Add salt and sugar to egg whites,
whip very stiff.  Add lemon Juice, continue to whip until stiff enough
to stand (requires twenty-five to thirty minutes).
  Fold in grapenuts and pecans gradually.  When well mixed, drop
by teaspoonfuls on flat tins lined with buttered paper.
  Bake in very slow oven until set and very delicately browned.
Makes thiry to thirty-five kisses.


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