Three pounds of flour,

A quarter of a pound of butter,

One pound of sugar, four eggs,

One gill of yeast,

One tea spoonful of cinnamon,

One nutmeg grated, One table spoonful of rose-water,

Milk enough to form a soft dough.

Rub the butter and flour well together, and add the spices and sugar. Whisk the eggs, stir them in with the rose-water and yeast, and milk enough to form a soft dough. Stand it away to rise; when light roll it out very lightly, cut it in diamonds, or any shape you choose, and drop them to pot of boiling lard. Sift sugar over when