Wafers

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

a pint of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
one pound of well dried and sifted flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
six eggs well beaten ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
one spoonful of ale yest ↝ Whiskey and ginger ale [Liquor and cocktails]
a little powdered cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (8)

Melt half a pound of butter in a pint of cream.
Set it to cool.
When cold, stir into it one pound of well dried and sifted flour by degrees, that it may be quite smooth and not lumpy.
Add six eggs well beaten, and one spoonful of ale yest.
Beat all these well together.
Set it before the fire, cover it, and let it stand to rise one hour, before you bake.
Some order it to be stirred a little while to keep it from being hard at top.
Sprinkle over a little powdered cinnamon and sugar, when done.

Original Text

Wafers.

Take a pint of cream, melt in it half a pound of butter, and set it to cool. When cold, stir into it one pound of well dried and sifted flour by degrees, that it may be quite smooth and not lumpy, also six eggs well beaten, and one spoonful of ale yest. Beat all these well together; set it before the fire, cover it, and let it stand to rise one hour, before you bake. Some order it to be stirred a little while to keep it from being hard at top. Sprinkle over a little powdered cinnamon and sugar, when done.

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