Book of American Baking / A Practical Guide Covering Various Branches of the Baking Industry, Including Cakes, Buns, and Pastry, Bread Making, Pie Baking, Etc.

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Currant Diamonds.

Two and a half lbs. flour, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. butter or lard, 2 eggs, ½ pint milk, ½ oz. ammonia, 4 oz. currants. Rub butter, sugar and eggs light; then add the currants; then the ammonia dissolved in the milk, and lastly the flour. Roll the dough out and cut with a fluted diamond-shaped cutter. Wash them off with milk, place on greased pans, and bake in a quick oven.