American Southern

Old Maids

Name: Old Maids
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 3 each egg whites; 1 cups sugar; 0.5 cups flour; 1 each lemon

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 15. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

20 minPrep Time

35 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

3 each egg whites
1 cups sugar
1/2 cups flour
1 each lemon

Instructions

1
Stir to a batter
2
Fry in hot lard
3
When done, grate white sugar over them

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