Orange Wafers

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

1/2 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/4 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
4 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2 orange ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]
1 lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
marmalade ↝ Marmalade [Jams, syrups, toppings]

Instructions (8)

Grate the yellow rind from half an orange.
Put the orange rind in a cup and squeeze the juice of a whole lemon over it.
After half-an-hour strain off the juice.
Beat the sugar and yolks until light and creamy.
Add the strained juice and the whites whipped to a stiff froth.
Sift in the flour and do not beat any more.
Drop by the spoonful on to greased paper and bake quickly.
Spread half of the wafers, when baked, with marmalade and put the others on top of them, pressing them lightly down.

Original Text

*Orange Wafers

¹⁄₂ lb. sugar ¹⁄₄ lb. flour 4 eggs ¹⁄₂ orange 1 lemon

Grate the yellow rind from half an orange. Put it in a cup and squeeze the juice of a whole lemon over it. After half-an-hour strain off the juice.

Beat the sugar and yolks until light and creamy. Add the strained juice and the whites whipped to a stiff froth. Sift in the flour and do not beat any more. Drop by the spoonful on to greased paper and bake quickly. Spread half of the wafers, when baked, with marmalade and put the others on top of them, pressing them lightly down.

[Pg 107]

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