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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. Cut
  2. a pound of clean brown sugar
  3. a tablespoonful of bakers' yeast
  4. a pound of butter
  5. Milk
  6. a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon
  7. one nutmeg
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Cook safely

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

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Take a pound oi' floui*-, a quartei of a pound of butter, three quarters of a pound of clean brown sugar, rolled fine, one nutmeg, grated, and a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon ;
  2. mix these well together;
  3. then add a tablespoonful of bakers' yeast, with as much w^arm milk, wuth saleratus the size of a pea dissolved in it, as will make a smooth dough ;
  4. knead it for a few minutes, cover it, and set it in a warm place to rise, for three hours or more, until it is light ;
  5. then roll it out to a quarter of an inch thickness ;
  6. cut it in small squares or diamonds, and fry as directed.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Grater
  • Rolling pin