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Mince Pies

A historical recipe from Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897).

A historical recipe

Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897). Project Gutenberg eBook #69812.

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 Practical vegetarian cookery, by Kate Buffington Davis, Constance Wachtmeister (1897). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #69812 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69812). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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United Kingdom. Associated with United Kingdom by curated dish list: mince pie (confidence 0.75). "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. To one cupful of water add one cupful of molasses, one cupful of sugar, one beaten egg, one cupful of vinegar, two and one half Boston crackers, rolled fine, one cupful of stoned raisins, butter the size of an egg, one quarter of a teaspoonful of cloves;
  2. two thirds of a teaspoonful of cinnamon;
  3. two thirds of a teaspoonful of allspice.
  4. This will make three pies.
  5. The pies should bake slowly, taking about three quarters of an hour.
  6. A grating of nutmeg should be added to each pie before putting on upper crust.
  7. The egg, cracker, and slow baking thickens this apparently thin mixture.