Honey Cakes

Ingredients

• Two pints honey
• one pound sugar
• half pound almonds
• half pound citron chopped fine
• grated peel of lemon
• one pint molasses
• one teaspoon ground cloves
• one teaspoon cinnamon
• one teaspoon nutmeg
• one glass brandy
• one level teaspoon hartshorn
• flour to make a stiff paste

Method

1. 1

   Let stand overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, roll out and cut in moulds and bake.

3. 3

   While hot, brush with boiled syrup of water and sugar and put half an almond in center of each cookie.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Honey Cakes. Two pints honey, one pound sugar, half pound almonds, half pound citron chopped iine, grated peel of lemon, one pint molasses, one teaspoon ground cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon nutmeg, one glass brandy, one level teaspoon hartshorn, flour to make a stiff paste

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