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French Sweet Rusk

From 5,000 gems for the household. A book that teaches everything a lady would like to know (1887).

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A historical recipe

5,000 gems for the household. A book that teaches everything a lady would like to know, by Margaret Savannah] [from old catalog] [Fox (1887).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. two ounces sugar
  2. two ounces of butter
  3. half cup of milk

Method

  1. One pound light dou_,h, two ounces sugar, two ounces of butter, two yolks of eggs, half cup of milk and flour to make a soft dough.

Plating

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Credit

From 5,000 gems for the household. A book that teaches everything a lady would like to know (1887), printed page 152, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/5000gemsforhouse00foxm

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.