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Definition of Cracknels
1. cracknel [n] - See also: cracknel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cracknels
Literary usage of Cracknels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"cracknels. Mix with a quart of flour half a nutmeg grated, the yolks of four eggs
beaten, with four spoonsful of rose- water, into a stiff paste, ..."
2. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"Their better kind of cakes; their cracknels. Bread their prin. cipal food, eaten
with oil, &c.; wheat, parched corn, barley, beans, summer fruits, roots; ..."
3. Essentials of Diet, Or, Hints on Food, in Health and Disease by Edward Harris Ruddock, Edward Barton Shuldham (1876)
"cracknels are light, and easily digested. Sponge cakes are also light, and often
tempting. They may be soaked in hot milk ; as also may rusks and cracknels. ..."
4. The Invalid's Own Book: A Collection of Recipes from Various Books and by Mary Anne Boode Cust (1853)
"... cracknels. Mix half a pound of best floor with half a pound of sifted sugar,
a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, two table-spoonfuls of rose water, ..."
5. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"... and I did not sit long, but turned into the Biscuit Factory to see my favourite
sight, the making of cracknels. It is the very type of hell. ..."
6. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"cracknels. To half a pound of best white flour sifted add half a pound of sifted
loaf sugar, a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, two table spoonfuls of ..."
7. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-cook, and Baker: Plain and Practical by Eleanor Parkinson (1844)
"cracknels.—Rub six ounces of butter into three pounds and a half of flour—make
a hole, and put in six ounces of powdered loaf sugar— wet up with eight eggs ..."
8. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"cracknels. Mix with a quart of flour half a nutmeg grated, the yolks of four eggs
beaten, with four spoonsful of rose- water, into a stiff paste, ..."
9. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"Their better kind of cakes; their cracknels. Bread their prin. cipal food, eaten
with oil, &c.; wheat, parched corn, barley, beans, summer fruits, roots; ..."
10. Essentials of Diet, Or, Hints on Food, in Health and Disease by Edward Harris Ruddock, Edward Barton Shuldham (1876)
"cracknels are light, and easily digested. Sponge cakes are also light, and often
tempting. They may be soaked in hot milk ; as also may rusks and cracknels. ..."
11. The Invalid's Own Book: A Collection of Recipes from Various Books and by Mary Anne Boode Cust (1853)
"... cracknels. Mix half a pound of best floor with half a pound of sifted sugar,
a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, two table-spoonfuls of rose water, ..."
12. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"... and I did not sit long, but turned into the Biscuit Factory to see my favourite
sight, the making of cracknels. It is the very type of hell. ..."
13. The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined: Comprising Ample Directions for by John Mollard (1802)
"cracknels. To half a pound of best white flour sifted add half a pound of sifted
loaf sugar, a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, two table spoonfuls of ..."
14. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-cook, and Baker: Plain and Practical by Eleanor Parkinson (1844)
"cracknels.—Rub six ounces of butter into three pounds and a half of flour—make
a hole, and put in six ounces of powdered loaf sugar— wet up with eight eggs ..."
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