Pocketbooks for Tea

 Ingredients

• One cup of yeast
• One cup of warm milk
• Two eggs
• One cup and one tbs of sugar
• One tbsp grates orange peel
• One tbsp nutmeg
• Three cups of flour
• Four tbsps of butter
• One tsp of salt

 Directions

1. Add yeast, milk, eggs, one cup of sugar, orange peel, nutmeg, and two cups of flour to a bowl. Mix together to form light, thin batter.
2. Cover bowl and place in a warm area. Let rise for two hours.
3. Sift remaining cup of flour into separate bowl, and pour batter on top. 
4. Add butter and salt, and knead until a stiff dough is formed. Cover and let rise until doubled in size.
5. Punch air out of dough, and form pocketbook shapes. To do this, flour a board and roll out the dough until it is half an inch thick. Cut into six inch by two inch long strips, and fold these onto each other.
6. Place pocketbooks in greased tin, and let rise one hour
7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
8. Sprinkle one tbsp of sugar over the tops of the pocketbooks.
9. Bake until golden brown on top.
10. Let cool, serve, and enjoy!

Source — Creole Cuisine

Prepared by Ayden Thomas

Louisiana Anthology

September 13, 2023