Philadelphia Jumbles

Original Recipe

Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, eight eggs beaten light; essence of bitter almond or rose to taste; enough flour to enable you to roll them out. Stir the sugar and butter to a light cream, then add the well-whipped eggs, the flavoring and flour; mix well together, roll out in powdered sugar in a sheet a quarter of an inch thick; cut into rings with a jagging-iron and bake in a quick oven on buttered tins.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 8 eggs beaten light
  • 1 light cream
  • 1 sheet a quarter of an inch thick
  • 1 quick oven on buttered tins

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, eight eggs beaten light; essence of bitter almond or rose to taste; enough flour to enable you to roll them out.

  2. 2

    Stir the sugar and butter to a light cream, then add the well-whipped eggs, the flavoring and flour; mix well together, roll out in powdered sugar in a sheet a quarter of an inch thick; cut into rings with a jagging-iron and bake in a quick oven on buttered tins.

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