Wintergreen Wafers Recipe

Ingredients for Wintergreen Wafers

• 1 oz. gum tragacanth
• Confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• Oil of wintergreen

Instructions

1. Soak gum tragacanth in water twenty-four hours and rub through a fine wire sieve; add enough confectioners' sugar to knead.
2. Flavor with a few drops of oil of winter-green.
3. If liked pink, color with fruit red.
4. Roll until very thin on a board or marble dredged with sugar.
5. Shape with a small round cutter or cut in three-fourths inch squares.
6. Spread wafers, cover, and let stand until dry and brittle.
7. This mixture may be flavored with oil of lemon, clove, sassafras, etc., and colored as desired.