1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
3 each unbeaten egg whites
2 tbsp ground almonds
1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Cream together butter and powdered sugar; beat well. Add by degrees
egg whites, almonds, flour and vanilla. This version can also be used
to make Chinese fortune cookies. COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
You will need a krumkake iron, which fits over a 7-inch burner
surface (gas or electric). Always use moderate heat.
For each baking period, the iron should be lightly rubbed at the
beginning with unsalted butter, but after this initial greasing,
nothing more is required. The batter needs a preliminary testing, as
it is quite variable, depending on the condition of the flour, so do
NOT add at once all the flour called for in the recipe. Test the
batter for consistency by baking 1 teaspoonful first. The iron is
geared to use 1 tablespoon of batter for each wafer, and it should
spread easily over the whole surface but should not run over when
pressed down. If the batter is too thin, add more flour. Should any
batter drip over, lift the iron off its frame and cut off the excess
batter with a knife run along the edge of the iron.
Cook each wafer about 2 minutes on each side or until barely
colored. As soon as you remove it from the iron, roll it on a wooden
spoon handle or cone form, and, when cool, fill it.
Servings: 1 servings
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The History of Recipes
It is quite possible to follow the history of recipes back into distant history, in truth as far back into history as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further. In practice though, these, old records were just very basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
Moving our culinary historical trip onwards, we have a couple of interesting cookery books which appeared in the fourteenth century ; one book called `Forme of Cury`, and another called `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, they are nothing to do with the spicy food that is familiar to us all today, but rather recipes for the types of food enjoyed by the rich and wealthy people of that period. When we get to the 20th century, cooking publications were increasing in popularity mostly as a result of increased literacy, people having increased spare time and having more money. |
We hope you enjoy this Almond Krumkakes recipe.
