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Orange Biscuits 4 Cutt the Oranges in halves, & take out the Meat, leave the white to the Peel, then lay them in water six days, shifting them once a day, then boyl them 'till they are tender, then dry them in a Cloth & scrape all the white very clean off, put to them three times their weight in sugar, beat them in a Mortar & spread them, dry them in an oven. When the top side is dry they may be cutt & turn'd Cook Jones To Boyl Sugar to Candy Height Take fine sugar finely sifted, put to it as much Rose-water or fair water as will wett it, sett it on the Fire & as it boyls, sprinkle on it a Spoonful or two of fair water - stirring it about, untill every pound of sugar has consumed almost half a pint of water. Skim it not at all then let it boyl a good space (without putting any water to it) 'till it comes thick enough for a drop to hang on the edge of a Spoon, & when it is cold it will look like a Diamond, then it is prepar'd. Cook Jones To make Gingerbread Two pounds of flour (well dry'd) a pound & three quarters of Treacle, melt half a pound of butter in it, an ounce of Carraway seeds & an ounce & half of scraped ginger, and a quarter of a pound of Orange Peel cut small; mix this with your flour & make it into paste with your Treacle Cook Jones
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Orange Biscuits 4 Cutt the Oranges in halves, & take out the Meat, leave the white to the Peel, then lay them in water six days, shifting them once a day, then boyl them 'till they are tender, then dry them in a Cloth & scrape all the white very clean off, put to them three times their weight in sugar, beat them in a Mortar & spread them, dry them in an oven. When the top side is dry they may be cutt & turn'd Cook Jones To Boyl Sugar to Candy Height Take fine sugar finely sifted, put to it as much Rose-water or fair water as will wett it, sett it on the Fire & as it boyls, sprinkle on it a Spoonful or two of fair water - stirring it about, untill every pound of sugar has consumed almost half a pint of water. Skim it not at all then let it boyl a good space (without putting any water to it) 'till it comes thick enough for a drop to hang on the edge of a Spoon, & when it is cold it will look like a Diamond, then it is prepar'd. Cook Jones To make Gingerbread Two pounds of flour (well dry'd) a pound & three quarters of Treacle, melt half a pound of butter in it, an ounce of Carraway seeds & an ounce & half of scraped ginger, and a quarter of a pound of Orange Peel cut small; mix this with your flour & make it into paste with your Treacle Cook Jones
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