Скачать или смотреть Historical Baking, Episode 2: Jumbles

In this video I'm baking jumbles from the The National Cook Book by Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson, published in 1856. I learned a lot about finding accurate measurements, 19th century chickens, and astronomy. So if you want to learn how to make this old-timey cookie, and learn about Mrs. Peterson's writing career, let's go! Please don't mine my lack of make-up, hair pulled back, and comfy clothes... I know I look terrible in this video, but baking isn't always pretty. HAHA!

1856 Recipe:
376. Jumbles
One pound of sugar,
Three-quarters of a pound of butter,
One pound of flour,
Five eggs,
One table spoonful of rose-water.
Beat the butter and sugar till smooth and light. Whisk the eggs, stir them into the butter and sugar, then add the rose-water and flour. Roll the dough in strips half an inch wide and four inches long, join them at both ends so as to form rings, sift sugar over, place them on tins, and bake them in a slow oven.


Modern Recipe (half batch):
1 cup/225g white sugar
2 cups/350g all purpose flour
3/4 cup/170g unsalted butter (room temperature)
1/2 tsp salt
2 large/125g eggs (whisked)
1tsp rosewater (I used orange blossom water)


Mix butter and sugar until creamy.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add flour and rose-water and mix until a dough forms.
Chill for at least an hour in the refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 350F/180C
Roll dough into 1/2 inch (1.5cm) strips (I call them snakes) about 4 inches (10cm) long
Shape into rings or pretzels, and place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
Sift sugar over them (I forgot this part)
Bake for 11-14 minutes
Eat them with the beverage of your choice (they are great dipped in coffee!)



References for the video:
The National Cook Book, 1856: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record...
Bouvier's Familiar Astronomy: https://archive.org/details/bouviersf...
The Young Wife's Cook Book: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433...
Background on Hanna's life: http://www.gardenstatelegacy.com/file...
Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, entry for Henry Peterson including information about Hannah: https://books.google.com/books?id=EWJ...

The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, entry for John Bouvier including information about Hannah: https://books.google.com/books?id=uBd...
Elizabeth Wagner Reed, "American Women in Science Before the Civil War": http://catherinecreed.com/wp-content/...
Her Wikipedia page... because why not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_...


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