Macaroons

Ingredients

• 4 lb. shelled almonds
• 4 lb. fruit sugar
• Whites 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Blanch almonds and put them through the meat chopper, using the nut grinder.

2. 2

   Add sugar and mix thoroughly; then gradually add unbeaten whites of eggs.

3. 3

   The mixture should be stiff enough to hold its shape.

4. 4

   Cover baking sheet with unbuttered paper, and drop mixture on it; allow 1 tsp. for each macaroon.

5. 5

   Bake in a slow oven 15 minutes, or until a delicate brown.

6. 6

   The time should not exceed 20 minutes.

7. 7

   When done, remove paper with macaroons and invert on a cake cooler.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lillian Massey school recipes (1913) by Lillian Massey School Household Science, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

macaroons. TRILBYS. 1 c. rolled oats. + tsp. soda. eC eos + tsp. salt. > ¢ brown sugar. % c. butter. 4 c. sour milk. Mix first five ingredients; cut in butter and add milk gradually. Dough should be very soft. Roll out and cut as cookies. Put two cookies together with Date Filling between them. Bake in a moderate oven. This amount will make about fifty cakes. « : DATE FILLING. + lb. dates. 3 Cc. Sugar. 1 c. water. Wash and stone dates, add sugar and water, and cook until mixture becomes a paste; cool. OATMEAL COOKIES. 14 ce. oatmeal. + @. raisins (seeded and chopped). 2c. brown sugar. +. c. lard and butter. + tsp. soda. 1 egg. 3 tsp. salt. 2) Ceamilic 3 tsp. cinnamon. Flour for stiff batter. Mix first six ingredients. Cut in fat; add beatén egg, milk and flour. Finish as Fruit Cookies. ROLLED ALMOND WAFERS. 1 c. butter. g c. bread flour. 4 c. fruit sugar. = tsp. vanilla. 2 @. milk. 3 c. finely chopped almonds. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually, then the milk very slowly. Add flour and flavoring; mix thoroughly. Spread the mixture very thinly on a buttered baking sheet; mark in 3-inch squares, and. sprinkle with almonds. Bake in a slow oven until a delicate brown. Draw the baking sheet to the door of the oven; separate the squares, turn them over, and roll quickly. This amount will make from three to four dozen wafers. MACAROONS. 4 lb. shelled almonds. 4 lb. fruit sugar. Whites 3 eggs

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