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Ingredients

• three quarters pound soft white sugar
• half pound butter
• six well beaten eggs
• one glass wine
• one wineglass rose water
• one grated nutmeg
• sifted flour enough to make a stiff dough

Method

1. 1

   Beat sugar and butter to a cream, then stir in eggs, wine, rose water, and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Add enough sifted flour to make a stiff dough.

3. 3

   Roll thin, cut into strips, and fry in boiling lard until brown.

4. 4

   Drain and sift with pulverized sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Elm City cook book (1896) by N.C.) Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (New Bern, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COOKIES. Beat to a cream three quarters pound soft white sugar, half pound butter, then stir in six well beaten eggs, one glass wine, one wineglass rose water, one grated nutmeg, and sifted flour enough to make a stiff dough

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