Dead Men's Bones

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

5 ozs. flour dried and passed through a sieve ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/4 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
the whites of 3 eggs, beaten ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
pounded vanilla ↝ Vanilla extract [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (3)

Whip up alone in a basin the whites of 3 eggs, then add the flour and sugar.
Flavour with pounded vanilla.
Drop through a funnel on to a baking tin, let them rise a little before the fire; then bake.

Original Text

“Dead Men's Bones,” or “Frog's Bones.” (Cataldi.)
Dessert biscuits, either round, ratafia shape, or long, and glazed outside; should be very crisp.
5 ozs. flour dried and passed through a sieve, ¼ lb. sugar. Whip up alone in a basin the whites of 3 eggs, then add the flour and sugar. Flavour with pounded vanilla. Drop through a funnel on to a baking tin, let them rise a little before the fire; then bake.

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