Lemon Drops

Original Recipe

Upon a coffeecupful of finely powdered sugar pour just enough lemon juice to dissolve it, and boil it to the consistency of thick syrup, and so that it appears brittle when dropped in cold water. Drop this on buttered plates in drops; set away to cool and harden.

Ingredients

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  • 1 coffeecupful of finely powdered sugar pour just enough lemon juice to dissolve it

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Upon a coffeecupful of finely powdered sugar pour just enough lemon juice to dissolve it, and boil it to the consistency of thick syrup, and so that it appears brittle when dropped in cold water.

  2. 2

    Drop this on buttered plates in drops; set away to cool and harden.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)