Belgrader Bread

Ingredients

• 1 pound powdered sugar
• 1 small nutmeg grated
• 4 eggs
• 14 teaspoon cloves
• Vi pound chopped almonds
• Vi teaspoon powdered hartshorn
• Vi pound chopped citron
• Sufficient flour to make dough

Method

1. 1

   Beat the eggs and sugar together; add the almonds, citron and spices; then add the flour gradually.

2. 2

   Take one-fourth of the dough; roll it out on a board well dusted with flour; cut into diamond-shaped pieces; place half an almond or pecan in the center of each, and paint with egg, using a small stiff brush.

3. 3

   Bake on greased tins in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BELGRADER BREAD 1 pound powdered sugar 1 small nutmeg grated 4 eggs 14 teaspoon cloves Vi poxmd chopped almonds Vi teaspoon powdered hartshorn Vi pound chopped citron Sufficient flour to make dough

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