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Almond Cookies

From Household hints, 1881

This recipe makes a large number, and you can vary it to suit your needs.

Presented as published in 1881. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Household hints (1881) by Emma Whitcomb Babcock, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Almond Cookies. — Two pounds of butter, three pounds of sugar, one pound of almonds (blanched and pounded), two tea-spoonfuls of cinnamon, one tea-spoonful of soda, one cup of boiling water, one lemon, one dozen eggs

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