Cookies
From The way to the heart, 1905
Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The way to the heart (1905) by Carrie Pickett Moore, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Cookies. Put I pound of sugar and 2 pounds of flour together, and add a little cinnamon; sift well. Beat 4 eggs and pour on them ^ of a pound of melted butter. Knead the whole together, and roll as thin as possible. Turn a flat bread-pan buttom up and spread the batter on it. Check it off in squares and press chopped peanuts over it. Slip in the stove and brown. The secret of this cake is to have it rolled as thin as a wafer. Cookies. Quarter pound of butter, ^ pound of sugar, y^ pound of flour, 2 eggs, I teaspoon of Sauer's vanilla, ^4 pound of almonds and raisins mixed
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