Another
Origin: Hartford, Connecticut
Source: Amelia Simmons, 1796
Ingredients
- 4 pounds sugar
- 3.5 pounds shortening
- 9 pounds flour
- 12 eggs
- 2 ounces cinnamon
- 1 pint milk
- 3 spoonfuls coriander seed
- 3 gills brandy
- 1 gill wine
- 3 gills emptins
- 4 pounds raisins
Instructions
- Rub four pounds of sugar and three and a half pounds of shortening (half butter, half lard) into nine pounds of flour.
- Add one dozen eggs, two ounces of cinnamon, one pint of milk, three spoonfuls of coriander seed, three gills of brandy, one gill of wine, three gills of emptins, and four pounds of raisins.