Sweets/Treats Orgeat

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(from Godey's Ladies Magazine, edited by L.A. Godey, Sarah J. Hale, 1864)

Ingredients:

3/4 lb. common almonds​

30 bitter almonds blanched​

5 pints skimmed milk​

1 pint water​

1/2 lb. sugar​

1 large piece of cinnamon​

1 spoonful of brandy​

1 spoonful of rose-water​

Instructions:

Pound three-quarters of a pound of common almonds, and thirty bitter almonds blanched; mix them with five pints of skimmed milk; boil one pint of water with half a pound of sugar and a large piece of cinnamon; let it remain until it be cold, and then mix it with the milk. Strain the whole through a sieve, add a spoonful of brandy and one of rose-water.​