To Make Mush

Ingredients

• one pound of nice sugar into two pounds of flour
• one pound of powdered sugar
• twelve ounces of flour
• one pound of sugar
• a quart of water
• a pound of melted butter
• a pound of sweet almonds
• two pounds of flour
• four eggs
• three quarters of a pound of melted butter
• seven eggs to a strong froth
• eight eggs very light
• butter the size of an egg into a quart of water

Directions

1. PUT a lump of butter the size of an egg into a quart of water, make it sufficiently thick with corn meal and a little salt; it must be mixed perfectly smooth — stir it constantly till done enough.

2. PUT one pound of nice sugar into two pounds of flour; add pounded spice of any kind, and pass them

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4. 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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6. BLANCH a pound of sweet almonds, pound them in a mortar with rose water; whip the whites of seven eggs to a strong froth, put in one pound of powdered sugar, beat it some time, then put in the almonds- mix them well, and drop them on sheets of paper buttered; sift sugar over, and bake them quickly. Be careful not to let them get discoloured.

7. TO MAKE DROP BISCUIT. BEAT eight eggs very light, add to them twelve ounces of flour, and one pound of sugar; when per* fectly light, drop them on tin sheets, and bake them in a quick oven.