TAKE a pound of butter

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Time: Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
twelve eggs, but half the whites ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pound of flour beat in it ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a pound of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a few currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a pound of currants clean washed and picked ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (8)

take a pound of butter, beat it in an earthen pan with your hand one way, till it is like a fine thick cream
have ready twelve eggs, but half the whites; beat them well, and beat them up with the butter
beat in a pound of flour
beat in a pound of sugar and a few currants
Beat it all well together for an hour with your hand, or a great wooden spoon
butter a pan and put it in
bake it an hour in a quick oven

For change

you may put in a pound of currants clean washed and picked

Original Text

TAKE a pound of butter, beat it in an earthen pan with your hand one way, till it is like a fine thick cream, then have ready twelve eggs, but half the whites; beat them well, and beat them up with the butter, a pound of flour beat in it, a pound of sugar and a few currants. Beat it all well together for an hour with your hand, or a great wooden spoon, butter a pan and put it in, and then bake it an hour in a quick oven. 
For change, you may put in a pound of currants clean washed and picked.

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