Wafers

Ingredients

• four ounces of butter
• half a teacup of milk
• four ounces of white sugar
• eight ounces of sifted flour
• the yolk of one egg
• a tablespoonful of orange-flower water
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve four ounces of butter in half a teacup of milk; stir together four ounces of white sugar, eight ounces of sifted flour and the yolk of one egg, adding gradually the butter and milk, a tablespoonful of orange-flower water and a pinch of salt; mix it well.

2. 2

   Heat the wafer-irons, butter their inner surfaces, put in a tablespoonful of the batter and close the irons immediately; put the irons over the fire, and turn them occasionally, until the wafer is cooked; when the wafers are all cooked roll them on a small round stick, stand them upon a sieve and dry them; serve with ices.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 198. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four ounces of butter in half a teacup of milk ; stir together four ounces of white sugar, eight ounces of sifted flour and the yolk of one egg, adding gradually the butter and milk, a tablespoonful of orange- flower water and a pinch of salt ; mix it well. Heat the wafer-irons, but- ter their inner surfaces, put in a tablespoonful of the batter and close the irons immediately ; put the irons over the fire, and turn them occasion- ally, until the wafer is cooked ; when the wafers

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