Peach Fritters

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb flour
• 1/2 oz butter
• 1/2 saltspoonful salt
• 2 eggs
• milk
• peaches
• hot lard or clarified dripping

Instructions

1. Make a nice smooth, batter in the same manner as directed in recipe No. 1393, and skin, halve, and stone the peaches, which should be quite ripe;
2. dip them in the batter, and fry the pieces in hot lard or clarified dripping, which should be brought to the boiling-point before the peaches are put in.
3. From 8 to 10 minutes will be required to fry them, and, when done, drain them before the fire, and dish them on a white d'oyley.
4. Strew over plenty of pounded sugar, and serve.