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Title: 1610 Rose Cakes Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 Cookies

1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Sugar
1/8 ts Ground mace
1/4 c Rose syrup
2 tb Cream
2 lg Egg yolks
2 c Pastry flour
2 tb Candied rose petals;
-crushed (optional)

This recipe is from the 1610 handwritten recipe book of Sarah Longe.
Ms. Longe intended the book only for her personal use and the recipes
were not published during her lifetime. Holding this small, 400 year
old book and reading Ms. Longe's artistic calligraphy, in faded ink,
I could easily imagine Shakespeare writing on similar paper and using
similar ink, perhaps even purchased at the same London stationer's
shop.

Using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the butter, sugar,
mace, 2 tb of the rose syrup, and the cream until light and fluffy.
Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition. Add the flour, one cup at a time, and mix until just
incorporated.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Using a cookie press in the shape of a
flower, (or drop with a tablespoon) press out the cookies onto a
well-buttered, nonstick baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Brush
the remaining 2 tb of rose syrup on the hot cookies and sprinkle with
the crushed rose petals.

Recipe by Shakespeare's Kitchen by Francine Segan

Recipe FROM: <https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/
recipe-1610-rose-cakes/>

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