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Source Stefan's Florilegium: Cordials (Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery family) — original
Ingredients
one quart of brandy
halfe a dram of oyle of cinnamon
a pinte of water
halfe a pound of white sugar
Method
Take one quart of brandy, & halfe a dram of oyle of cinnamon, & a pinte of water, & halfe a pound of white sugar.
boyle ye water & sugar together, & mix ye oyle & sugar together, yt is with a little of ye sugar before you put it to ye rest, then mix them alltogether, & set it by till it be cold.
& then bottle it up.
Notes
Non-distilled compounded version using oil of cinnamon.
This recipe predates 1700 and is quoted from its original printed source. Spelling is left exactly as printed.
