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German Puffs

A historical recipe from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919).

A historical recipe

The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc., by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #12350.

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

Source and licence

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering, by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #12350 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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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.

Germany. Associated with Germany by a demonym leading its title: German (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-quarter pound of melted fat
  • one-quarter pound of meal
  • a spoonful in each
  • four eggs

Method

  1. Into one-half pint of water put one-quarter pound of melted fat;
  2. when boiling add one-quarter pound of meal, finely sifted;
  3. it will form a thick paste.
  4. Beat up four eggs, remove the mixture from the fire and stir in the eggs.
  5. Grease some cups and put a spoonful in each;
  6. bake in a quick oven.
  7. When done sprinkle with cinnamon and cover with clarified sugar.