Fairy or Nun's Butter

Name: Fairy or Nun's Butter
Ingredients: One cup of sugar; one-half cup of butter; Grate in nutmeg; or add a well beaten egg; the juice of a lemon; (a wine glass of brandy improves the flavor)

From The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ..., 1895

Presented as published in 1895. 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 Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FAtRY OR Nun's Butter. One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter stirred to a cream. Grate in nutmeg and on top; or add a well beaten egg, the juice of a lemon (a wine glass of brandy improves the flavor)

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