Xancasbfte Jumbles

Ingredients

• Half a pound of butter
• five ounces of sifted sugar
• three-quarters of a pound of fine flour
• an eggspoonful of pounded and sifted cinnamon and mace
• the grated rind of half a lemon
• two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream with four ounces of the sugar.

2. 2

   Add the eggs separately, then the flour, spices, and lemon-peel, beating all the time for ten minutes after all the ingredients have been added.

3. 3

   Roll the paste to the sixth of an inch thick, cut it into any fanciful shapes liked, and bake in a moderate oven until a light-brown colour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soups, savouries, sweets, with a chapter on breads (1889) by Practical housewife, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Xancasbfte Jumbles^ Half a pound of butter, five ounces of sifted sugar, three-quarters of a pound of fine flour, an eggspoonful of pounded and sifted cinna- mon and mace, the grated rind of half a lemon, two eggs

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