Messina Lemon Wafers

Ingredients

• One and a half pounds granulated sugar
• one-half pound butter
• two ounces lard
• six egg yolks
• one-half pint sour milk (short measure)
• two even teaspoonfnls ARM AND HAMMER SODA (or Saleratus)
• two heaping spoonfuls cream of tartar
• lemon flavoring
• one quart and one-half pint sifted flour

Method

1. 1

   Rub flour, butter, and lard together, add soda and cream tartar.

2. 2

   Mix sugar with eggs and milk, make a stiff dough, roll and cut small, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Arm & Hammer Soda book of valuable recipes (1900) by Church & Dwight Co, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MESSINA LEMON WAFERS. One and a half pounds granulated sugar, one-half pound butter, two ounces lard, six egg yolks, one-half pint sour milk (short measure), two even teaspoonfnls ARM AND HAMMER SODA (or Saleratus), two heaping spoonfuls cream of tartar, lemon flavoring, two teaspoonfuls; one quart and one-half pint sifted flour

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