PLAIN SUGAR CAKE OR COOKIES
From A Book of Cooking and Pastry: A Collection of Original Receipts Gathered ..., 1887
Presented as published in 1887. 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 A Book of Cooking and Pastry: A Collection of Original Receipts Gathered ... (1887) by C. F. Pfau, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
PLAIN SUGAR CAKE OR COOKIES. Sift one and one-half pound of flour on the moulding board, put into the middle half pound of butter, rub well together; add three-quarters of a pound of sugar, one gill of water or milk and a little amonia
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