Sift together
12 cups flour
1 tbsp. ginger
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup thick molasses
Put the butter and molasses in a sauce pan and set it on a warm place on the stove so the butter will melt slowly. Mix the sugar with the flour. [...]
Wafer irons were in every well furnished kitchen in colonial America. They were mentioned as being one of the culinary necessities in English households in the early sixteenth century.
2 cups flour sifted 3 times
1/2 cup butter melted
6 eggs beaten ten minutes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
Add the sugar gradually to the eggs. [...]
4 cups flour sifted
1 lb. powdered sugar sifted
1 lb. butter unsalted
1 lb. currants
1 lb. raisins
1 tsp. nutmeg
rind of 1 lemon grated
12 eggs unbeaten
3 tbsp. milk
Mix one cup of flour with the fruit. Cream the butter until soft. Add the lemon rind and nutmeg. Add the flour, [...]
The story was commonly told in Virginia that these cookies were a favorite with Dolley Madison, the 4th First Lady of the United States. They were the dainty confection served with syllabub, the favorite dessert in those days. And syllabub, the venerable grandmother in the mountain cabin in North Carolina, would tell you, was a [...]
Sift together
8 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
melted butter (11/2 cups)
4 eggs beaten ten minutes
Pour the eggs and butter into the flour and mix well. Knead until the dough is smooth and does not stick to the hands. Form into little rings with the [...]
Mix
4 cups flour sifted
11/3 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
Melt the butter in the milk, being careful that it does not boil. Mix the milk into the flour and knead thoroughly. The dough must be smooth and light. Roll thin and cut into strips one inch wide and three inches long. [...]
1 lb. powdered sugar sifted
7 egg whites beaten dry
2 tbsp. rose water
1 lb. almonds blanched
Put the almonds in the refrigerator three hours before using. This prevents oiliness. Roll them on a biscuit board or marble slab until they are finely powdered. Add the rose water gradually to the almonds blending the mixture well. [...]
Sift together five times
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
8 eggs beaten ten minutes
Sift three times
2 cups sugar
Add the sugar and flour alternately to the eggs, folding them in lightly. Drop into small cookies. Bake at 325° F. for ten to fifteen minutes.
Virginia has many old English recipes which have been cherished along with her other traditions.
Sift together
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup butter
11/2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. mace
Blend the butter and flour together until the mixture is mealy. Gradually add the milk and knead into a smooth dough. Roll [...]
This recipe for little tea biscuits came to America with our first grandmothers, back in the days when English gentlemen were sent to colonial Virginia to sit in the House of Burgesses.
Sift together
8 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tbsp. coriander seed powdered
1/2 cup milk
11/2 cups butter melted
6 eggs unbeaten
Add the butter, [...]