This recipe was published in 1587 by Thomas Dawson in the The Good Huswife's Jewell. The original recipe can be found here.
Original Recipe
"Take halfe a pound of fine suger well beaten, and as much Flower, and
put thereto foure Egges whites, and being ve∣ry wel beaten, you must
mingle them with Anniseedes bruised, and being all beaten together, put
into your mould melting the sawce ouer first with a litle butter, and
set
it in the Ouen, & turne it twice or thrice in the baking." (Dawson)
My Interpretation of the Recipe
Half a pound of sugar equals approximately 1 cup. "And as much flower."
Originally, I interpreted this to mean half a pound of flower. So, for
my first experiment, I used 1 3/4 cup of flour. I found this to be too
much flour for the ratio of 3 to 4 egg whites and ended up having to add
in a 5th egg white to make my dough work.
So, my suggested recipe is:
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
3-4 egg whites
1 tsp anise seed
1 Tbsp unsalted butter (for buttering your pan)
Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Mix the ingredients together. Bake for approximately 40 minutes.
To watch a step by step instructional video, please click here. Please note that this video is of my first experiment with the extra flour and extra egg white added.
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