Wiggs

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (12)

three pounds of well-dried flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
one nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
a little emace
falt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
almoſt half a pound of carraway comfits ↝ Lupins, mature seeds, raw [Legumes and Legume Products]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pint of ſweet thick cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
ſix ſpoonfuls of good ſack
four yolks of eggs ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
three whites of eggs ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
near a pint of good light yeaſt ↝ Yeast [Not included in a food category]
the half pound of carraways on the top of the wiggs ↝ Lupins, mature seeds, raw [Legumes and Legume Products]

Instructions (6)

Mix three pounds of well-dried flour, one nutmeg, a little emace and falt, and almoſt half a pound of carraway comfits.
Melt half a pound of butter in a pint of ſweet thick cream, ſix ſpoonfuls of good ſack, four yolks and three whites of eggs, and near a pint of good light yeaſt.
Work these well together, and cover it, and set it down to the fire to riſe.
Then set them round, and lay the remainders, the half pound of carraways on the top of the wiggs.
Put them upon papers well floured and dried.
Let them have as quick an oven as for tarts.

Original Text

Wiggs.
Mix three pounds of well-dried flour, one nutmeg, a little emace and ſalt, and almoſt half a pound of carraway comfits; and melt half a pound of butter in a pint of ſweet thick cream, ſix ſpoonfuls of good ſack, four yolks and three whites of eggs, and near a pint of good light yeaſt; work theſe well together, and cover it, and ſet it down to the fire to riſe; then ſet them round, and lay the remainders, the half pound of carraways on the top of the wiggs, and put them upon papers well floured and dried, and let them have as quick an oven as for tarts.

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