Currant Cookies a la Alexandra

Ingredients

• Wash well half cup of butter
• one cup sugar
• white of one egg
• two tablespoons whipped cream
• two cups flour
• one teaspoon Royal baking powder
• flavor with a little vanilla extract

Method

1. 1

   Make into a stiff dough.

2. 2

   Put on a floured board, roll out very thin, sprinkle with currants and granulated sugar.

3. 3

   Cut out in any shape wanted, and bake in a very hot oven.

4. 4

   When done, put together in twos with a little meringue in between; sprinkle granulated sugar on the top.

5. 5

   Put into oven until the sugar becomes glossy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 604. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Currant Cookies a la Alexandra Petits Gateaux aux Raisins de Corinthe, a la Alexandra Wash well half cup of butter, dry on a cloth free from water, put] in a bowl with one cup sugar, stir to a cream, add the white of one egg, two tablespoons whipped cream, two cups flour, and one teaspoon Royal baking powder; flavor with a little vanilla extract

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