Snow Balls

Ingredients

• One pound of butter
• One pound of flour
• One pound of sugar
• Ten eggs
• Two teaspoons of mace
• Two teaspoons of nutmeg
• One large wineglass of brandy
• One wineglass of wine
• One pound of citron
• One pound of almonds

Directions

1. Separate the white of the eggs from the yolks
2. Mix the yolks and the sugar together
3. Beat the whites to a very light froth
4. Add the whites to the yolks and sugar
5. Cream the butter and mix it in
6. Beat the mixture very light
7. Mix in the flour into the mixture
8. Beat it until it is smooth
9. Add the mace and nutmeg to the mix
10. Add wine, brandy, raisins, citron, and almonds to the mix
11. Stir all well together
12. Butter the cups
13. Fill the cups nearly full with mix
14. Bake in a quick oven

Source — "Creole Cookery Book"

Prepared by Alexis Byars

Louisiana Anthropology

June 11, 2018