Recipe: Escalloped Corn (with ham and cheese, Dormeyer Mixer recipe, 1940's)

ESCALLOPED CORN

1 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
2 cups corn (whole kernel)
1 1/4 tsp. salt (or to taste)
1 tsp. sugar
Dash ground black pepper
2 eggs
1/4 cup diced ham
1/2 cup diced American cheese

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour and mix well. Add milk and cook until it comes to a boil, stir constantly, cook 2 minutes longer. Add corn, seasonings, ham and cheese; set aside.

Beat egg yolks 1 minute at medium speed; set aside.

In a separate bowl, beat egg whites 2 minutes until stiff, use high speed. Fold egg yolks and whites together, then fold into corn mixture. Place in a buttered baking dish.

Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Makes 5 or 6 servings
Source: Vintage appliance recipe booklet: All Electric-Mix Recipes Prepared Specially for Your Dormeyer Mixer, Dormeyer Corporation, 1946, 2nd printing)