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Put one pound of nice sugar into two pounds of flour, add pounded spice of any kind, and pass them through a sieve; beat four eggs, pour them on with three quarters of a pound of melted butter, knead all well together, and bake them.

Original Recipe

Put one pound of nice sugar into two pounds of flour, add pounded spice of any kind, and pass them through a sieve; beat four eggs, pour them on with three quarters of a pound of melted butter, knead all well together, and bake them.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound sugar
  • 2 pounds flour
  • pounded spice
  • 4 eggs
  • 0.75 pound butter, melted

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Instructions

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    Put one pound of nice sugar into two pounds of flour, add pounded spice of any kind, and pass them through a sieve; beat four eggs, pour them on with three quarters of a pound of melted butter, knead all well together, and bake them.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)