Croqv.cintes a la St. James

Ingredients

• equal parts of freshly-ground sweet almonds
• equal parts of caster sugar
• just enough white of egg to get it all to a stiff paste
• adding any flavouring to taste (vanilla, orange flower water, liqueur, or liqueur syrup, &c.)

Method

1. 1

   Mix thoroughly together equal parts of freshly-ground sweet almonds and caster sugar, with just enough white of egg to get it all to a stiff paste, adding any flavouring to taste.

2. 2

   Roll it out very thinly, stamp it out with a plain round cutter, and bake on a buttered paper in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Bread, cakes, and biscuits (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Croqv.cintes a la St. James. — Mix thoroughly together equal parts of freshly-ground sweet almonds and caster sugar, with just enough white of egg to get it all to a stiff paste, adding any flavouring to taste (vanilla, orange flower water, liqueur, or liqueur syrup, &c.)

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