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Baked Peaches

A historical recipe from The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905).

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A historical recipe

The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905). Project Gutenberg eBook #37680.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a cup of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Peel large peaches, stick a few blanched almonds into each one, sprinkle with sugar, add a cup of water and bake, basting with the syrup.
  2. Serve very cold with the syrup poured over.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Pastry brush
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book, by Myrtle Reed (1905). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #37680 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37680). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.