Queen Fritters

Ingredients

• a half-pint of water
• two ounces of butter
• four ounces of flour
• four eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put water and butter in a saucepan to boil.

2. 2

   When boiling, add flour and stir until it forms a ball.

3. 3

   Remove from heat, beat thoroughly, and let cool.

4. 4

   Once cool, add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

5. 5

   Drop spoonfuls into hot lard and cook until they stop popping.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

QUEEN FRITTERS. Put a half -pint of water and two ounces of butter in a saucepan to boil. When boiling throw in four ounces of flour, stir rapidly and continually until it sticks together and forms a ball ; take from the fire, give a thorough beating and stand aside to cool. When cold, add one egg without beating, and beat un- til the mixture is thoroughly amalgamated, then add another egg, beat again, and so on until you have added four eggs

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