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Strawberry Wafers

A sweet treat made by cooking sugar, mixing mashed strawberries, and coloring the mixture.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Wafers

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook the sugar in a saucepan until it reaches 246°F (119°C).

  2. Remove from heat and work in the mashed strawberries on a marble surface.

  3. Add food coloring to achieve a light red color.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Sugar
Cooked to a firm stage, it sets into a firm, chewy candy as it cools.
Strawberries
Add fruit flavor, aroma, and moisture to the sugar mass.

The step that matters

Cooking the sugar to 246°F (119°C). The final sugar temperature controls the texture of the wafers. Stopping too early leaves them soft and sticky, while going too far makes them hard and brittle.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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