Almond Pufs [puffs]

Title: Almond Pufs [puffs]
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for a confection made with blanched pulverized almonds, orange blossom water, and sugar mixed with beaten egg whites (which may be similar to a meringue cookie).
Transcript: Rx A pound of almonds Blanched & beat with orange floor water then take a pound of Suger & boyle all most to Candy height. then put in your almonds stiring them till thay be stif over the fire & kepe them stiring till thay be Colde then beat them a Morter a a quarter of an oure then put to them a pound more of sifted suger a litele Lemon Peill grated & make it up in to a paste with 3 Eggs whites beat to a froth or more to les as you se ocasien Bake them in a Colde oven
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Contributor: Caylor, Karmen; Le, Vincent; Grimm, Stephanie; Bakir, Mehtap
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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