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German Waffles

A historical recipe from Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906).

A historical recipe

Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Project Gutenberg eBook #77552.

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

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From Famous old receipts used a hundred years and more in the kitchens of the North and the South, contributed by descendants, by Jacqueline Harrison Smith (1906). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77552 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77552). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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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

Method

  1. Stir ½ cup of butter to a cream, add a tablespoon sugar, then add slowly 1 yolk of an egg and a little flour, beating well.
  2. Continue until 6 yolks and 4 oz.
  3. of flour have been used.
  4. Then add ½ pt.
  5. whipped cream, and 5 whites beaten light.
  6. Flavor with lemon, or nutmeg if liked.
  7. Heat waffle iron and pour a tablespoon in each compartment.