Mrs. Edison's Old Fashioned Recipe For Egg Croquettes

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 11 hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine
• 1/2 pint milk, boiled
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 cook flour in butter, add ½ pint hot milk, stirring until smooth, then add other ingredients. make into croquettes and place in refrigerator to chill. make a batter of 11/2 eggs with 2 tablespoons milk or water added. when croquettes are cold, dip them in this batter, roll in cracker or bread crumbs and fry in deep shortening.
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