Cocoanut Pudding

Step 1. Wash the tapioca, cover it with cold water, and let it stand

Step 2. over night. Next morning add to it the milk, and cook in a

Step 3. double boiler at least 10 minutes. Beat the yolks of-the eggs and

Step 4. the sugar together, add them to the milk, and half of the cocoa-

Step 5. nut; cook for 5 minutes longer; take from the fire, and when cold turn into a shallow glass dish. Beat the whites of the eggs until

Step 6. light; add 4 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and beat again; spread this over the top, and sprinkle over the remaining por-

Step 7. tion of the cocoanut. Put a piece of thick paper around the

Step 8. dish, and run it into a quick oven until slightly brown. Copyright, Mrs. S. T. Rorer.