Wafers with Jelly

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. of fresh butter
• 1/2 lb. of powdered sugar
• two eggs, well beaten
• a quarter of a pint of milk
• a table-spoonful of brandy
• a table-spoonful of orange-flower water
• half a nutmeg, grated
• half a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon
• a quarter of a teaspoonful of saleratus
• as much flour as will make a very thick, smooth batter

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to cream.

2. 2

   Add the powdered sugar, eggs, milk, brandy, orange-flower water, grated nutmeg, powdered cinnamon, and dissolved saleratus.

3. 3

   Mix in enough flour to make a very thick, smooth batter.

4. 4

   Spread the batter on a buttered baking sheet in a layer not more than an eighth of an inch thick.

5. 5

   Bake until set, cut in halves, spread jelly on one half, and place the other half on top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Wafers with Jelly. — Beat % lb. of fresh butter to cream. Add x/2 lb. of powdered sugar, two eggs, well beaten, a quarter of a pint of milk, a table-spoonful of brandy, a table- spoonful of orange-flower water, half a nutmeg, grated, half a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, a quarter of a teaspoonful of saleratus dissolved in a little hot water, and as much flour as will make a very thick, smooth batter

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