Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Mix together half a pound of powdered sugar, and a quarter of a pound
of butter; and add to them six beaten eggs. Then beat the whole very
light; stirring into it as much sifted flour as will make a stiff
batter; a powdered nutmeg, and a tea-spoonful of cinnamon; and eight
drops of oil of lemon, or a table-spoonful of rose water. The batter
must be very smooth when it is done, and without a single lump. Heat
your wafer iron on both sides by turning it in the fire; but do not
allow it to get too hot. Grease the inside with butter tied in a rag,
(this must be repeated previous to the baking of every cake,) and put
in the batter, allowing to each wafer two large table-spoonfuls, taking
care not to stir up the batter. Close the iron, and when one side is
baked, turn it on the other; open it occasionally to see if the wafer
is doing well. They should be coloured of a light brown. Take them out
carefully with a knife. Strew them with powdered sugar, and roll them
up while warm, round a smooth stick, withdrawing it when they grow
cold. They are best the day after they are baked.
If you are preparing for company, fill up the hollow of the wafers with
whipt cream, and stop up the two ends with preserved strawberries, or
with any other small sweetmeat.
WONDERS, OR CRULLERS.
Rub half a pound of butter into two pounds of sifted flour, mixing in
three quarters of a pound of powdered sugar. Add a tea-spoonful of
powdered cinnamon, and a grated nutmeg, with a large table-spoonful of
rose water. Beat six eggs very light, and stir them into the mixture.
Mix it with a knife into a soft paste. Then put it on the paste-board,
and roll it out into a sheet an inch thick. If you find it too soft,
knead in a little more flour, and roll it out over again. Cut it into
long slips with a jagging iron, or with a sharp knife, and twist them
into various fantastic shapes. Have ready on hot coals, a skillet of
boiling lard; put in the crullers and fry them of a light brown,
turning them occasionally by means of a knife and fork. Take them out
one by one on a perforated skimmer, that the lard may drain off through
the holes. Spread them out on a large dish, and when cold grate white
sugar over them.
They will keep a week or more.
DOUGH NUTS.
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