Recipe: Hazelnut Cakes (cookies using ground nuts and egg whites, no flour, 1950's)
Desserts - CakesHAZELNUT CAKES
A favorite recipe of Mrs. Irma S. Rombauer, St. Louis, Missouri
6 egg whites
2 3/4 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb. hulled hazelnuts, ground (about 2 lbs. nuts unhulled)
Granulated sugar
Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add brown sugar, beating continuously, until mixture will stand in soft peaks. Add vanilla. Fold in the ground nuts.
Shape the mixture into small balls, roll in granulated sugar. Place on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in a slow oven (325 degrees F) about 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Makes about 5 dozen cakes
Source: The TIME Reader's Book of Recipes Cookbook, 1951
A favorite recipe of Mrs. Irma S. Rombauer, St. Louis, Missouri
6 egg whites
2 3/4 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb. hulled hazelnuts, ground (about 2 lbs. nuts unhulled)
Granulated sugar
Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add brown sugar, beating continuously, until mixture will stand in soft peaks. Add vanilla. Fold in the ground nuts.
Shape the mixture into small balls, roll in granulated sugar. Place on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake in a slow oven (325 degrees F) about 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Makes about 5 dozen cakes
Source: The TIME Reader's Book of Recipes Cookbook, 1951
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