Ice Cream Cones
- Title
- Ice Cream Cones
- Subject
- flour
- sugar
- cooking oil
- water
- egg whites
- vanilla
- Description
- Card 1 Front:
ICE CREAM CONES Better Homes & Gardens
2/3 cups flour ¼ cup sugar
¼ c. cooking oil 3 tablespoons water
2 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cooking oil
Preheat an 8" skillet over low heat. Stir
together flour and sugar. Add the ¼ c. oil,
water, egg whites and vanilla; stir until
smooth. Brush bottom of skillet with ½ tsp.
oil. Pour 2 TB. batter into skillet, spreading
batter to a 5½" circle. Cook over low heat 3
minutes or until light brown. With a wide
spatula, lift and turn wafer; cook 1 min. more.
Card 1 Back:
Working quickly, roll into a cone shape;
secure with a pick. Cool, pick side down.
Repeat with remaining batter. (Do not add more
oil to skillet.) Remove picks when cool.
Store cones tightly covered.
Makes about 10.
For Chocolate Cones: use this recipe, but
add 2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate to
the batter and reduce the oil to 3 tablespoons.
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# Ice Cream Cones
*Better Homes & Gardens*
*Makes about 10*
## Ingredients
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cooking oil (for skillet)
## Instructions
1. Preheat an 8" skillet over low heat.
2. Stir together flour and sugar.
3. Add the 1/4 cup oil, water, egg whites, and vanilla; stir until smooth.
4. Brush bottom of skillet with 1/2 tsp oil.
5. Pour 2 Tbsp batter into skillet, spreading batter to a 5 1/2" circle.
6. Cook over low heat 3 minutes or until light brown.
7. With a wide spatula, lift and turn wafer; cook 1 minute more.
8. Working quickly, roll into a cone shape; secure with a pick.
9. Cool pick side down.
10. Repeat with remaining batter. (Do not add more oil to skillet.)
11. Remove picks when cool.
12. Store cones tightly covered.
**For Chocolate Cones variation:** The card notes that 2 ounces of melted unsweetened chocolate may be added to the batter, with the oil reduced to 3 tablespoons. - Source
- RCA0008 - Florida Collection of Typed Cards (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Clipped recipe
- Identifier
- RCA0008-20260621-0158
- Coverage
- Florida, US
Dublin Core
Collection
Citation
“Ice Cream Cones,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed August 14, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1984.