Jelly Fritters

Ingredients

• One-fourth cup butter
• one-half cup boiling water
• one-half cup flour
• two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter in a small saucepan and pour in the water.

2. 2

   As soon as it reaches boiling point, add the flour all at once and stir until the mixture leaves the sides of the saucepan.

3. 3

   Remove from the fire and add eggs unbeaten, one at a time, beating all the time.

4. 4

   Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat.

5. 5

   Drain, then make an opening with a fork and fill with preserves or any kind of jelly; sprinkle with powdered sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The National home cook book (1900), page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

JELLY FRITTERS—One-fourth cup butter (scant), one- half cup boiling water, one-half cup flour, two eggs

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