Wintergreen Wafers
A dish with gum tragacanth and confectioners’ sugar at the center.
Ingredients
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- 1 oz. gum tragacanth
- 1 cup cold water
- Confectioners’ sugar
- Oil of wintergreen
Steps
- Soak gum tragacanth in water twenty-four hours and rub through a fine wire sieve; add enough confectioners’ sugar to knead. Flavor with a few drops of oil of wintergreen. If liked pink, color with fruit red. Roll until very thin on a board or marble dredged with sugar. Shape with a small round cutter or cut in three-fourths inch squares. Spread wafers, cover, and let stand until dry and brittle. This mixture may be flavored with oil of lemon, clove, sassafras, etc., and colored as desired.
Source
The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States