English Rocks
A historical recipe from Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920).
A historical recipe
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #17438.
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Source and licence
From Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions, by Mary A. Wilson (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #17438 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17438). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by a demonym leading its title: English (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.
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Ingredients
- One and one-half cups of brown sugar
- Two-thirds cup of shortening
- One teaspoon of soda
- Four tablespoons of water
- Two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
- One teaspoonful of nutmeg
- Two and one-half cups of flour
- One and one-half cups of finely chopped nuts
- One and one-half cups of finely chopped raisins
- a teaspoon on a
- Two eggs
Method
- One and one-half cups of brown sugar, Two-thirds cup of shortening, Two eggs, One teaspoon of soda, dissolved in Four tablespoons of water, Two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, One teaspoonful of nutmeg.
- Two and one-half cups of flour, One and one-half cups of finely chopped nuts, One and one-half cups of finely chopped raisins.
- Mix thoroughly and drop by a teaspoon on a well-greased and floured baking sheet and bake for twelve minutes in a moderate oven.