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Eclairs

From The universal cookery book, 1887

Prepare a cream with milk, powdered sugar, flour, eggs, and vanilla-bean.

Presented as published in 1887. 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 universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 75. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Eclairs. Beat butter and sugar to a cream ; then add the eggs beaten separately, lastly the flour. — Presbyterian Cook-Book : MissP. , Eclairs. Put in a saucepan half a pound of butter ; whisk into it a quart of boiled milk, and add gradually one pound of sifted flour, and a saltspoonful of salt

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