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Peppermint Pipe

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Peppermint Pipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make the paste as directed for Peppermint Lozenges.

  2. Spread the paste on a marble slab to about ¼ inch thick.

  3. Cut it into lengths and roll them on a smooth stone with a flat piece of wood.

  4. Place the rolled pieces on sheets of paper.

  5. Dry them in a warm stove.

  6. If desired, mix food coloring into the gum water before adding it to the sugar.

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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