Honeycomb

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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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. put in thin cakes on a baking sheet not too stiffly mixed
  2. watch in oven, for they catch easily and get bitter
  3. They should be light brown, thin and crisp, and honeycomb from lightness
  4. roll them into cornucopias before they stiffen
Original Text
Mrs. Husthwaite's and Mrs. Hooper's “Honeycomb,” for Dessert. Mrs. Husthwaite used 1 lb. each of butter, sugar, and flour, ginger to taste, from ¼ to ½ oz. mixed with treacle; put in thin cakes on a baking sheet not too stiffly mixed; watch in oven, for they catch easily and get bitter. They should be light brown, thin and crisp, and honeycomb from lightness; roll them into cornucopias before they stiffen.
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