American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Almond Jumbles

Original Recipe

Three cupfuls of soft sugar, two cupfuls of flour, half a cupful of butter, one teacupful of loppered milk, five eggs well beaten, two tablespoonfuls of rose-water, three-quarters of a pound of almonds, blanched and chopped very fine, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in boiling water. Cream butter and sugar; stir in the beaten yolks the milk, flour, rose-water, almonds and, lastly, the beaten whites very lightly and quickly; drop in rings on buttered paper and bake at once.

Ingredients

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  • 3 cupfuls of soft sugar
  • 2 cupfuls of flour
  • 1 cupful of butter
  • 1 teacupful of loppered milk
  • 5 eggs well beaten
  • 1 pound of almonds
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in boiling water
  • 10 yolks the milk
  • 10 whites very lightly and quickly

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Three cupfuls of soft sugar, two cupfuls of flour, half a cupful of butter, one teacupful of loppered milk, five eggs well beaten, two tablespoonfuls of rose-water, three-quarters of a pound of almonds, blanched and chopped _very_ fine, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in boiling water.

  2. 2

    Cream butter and sugar; stir in the beaten yolks the milk, flour, rose-water, almonds and, lastly, the beaten whites very lightly and quickly; drop in rings on buttered paper and bake at once.

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