To Make Princes Biskets [Prince Biscuits]
Item
Title
To Make Princes Biskets [Prince Biscuits]
Date
1694/1795
Description
A recipe for a pastry using eggs, sugar, flour, and caraway seeds, baked in small "coffins," or boxes/tins.
Transcript
[inserted left margin: [14]] To Make Princes Bisket
Take 8 eggs, a pound of Suger, 2 pound of flour, beat these to gether one houre. then put a few caraway sedes in it, when your Cofins are Redy to fill a noint them over with buter, then fill them half full of bater, then backe them in a quick oven.—
Take 8 eggs, a pound of Suger, 2 pound of flour, beat these to gether one houre. then put a few caraway sedes in it, when your Cofins are Redy to fill a noint them over with buter, then fill them half full of bater, then backe them in a quick oven.—
Subject
Contributor
Gerber, Steven
Ochsner, Elizabeth
Le, Vincent
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.