President Monroe's Waverly Jumbles - Authentic Recipe!

The Monroes often served Waverly Jumbles, the original 1800's recipe from the Monroe Family Recipes Cookbook follows, however I have posted the 'updated' version - which is the same recipe but with more specific directions. The original recipe says "One pound of flour, one-half pound of butter, three-fourths pound of brown sugar, two eggs, one-half teaspoon of nutmeg, two tablespoons of rose water. Roll out long and cut into strips, join into rings and bake." Time to make doesn't include the dough chilling time.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 5 dozen Jumbles approx.

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 2  cups light brown sugar, packed
• 2  free range eggs
• 2  tablespoons rose water
• 4  cups plain flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter & the sugar until light in colour & smooth.
3. Beat in the eggs, then add the rosewater.
4. Gradually stir in the flour. Chill the dough for 1-2 hours.
5. Pinch of a piece of dough at a time & roll into a 2" rope.
6. Join the rope ends together to form a ring.
7. Bake the Jumbles for 10-12 minutes in the centre of the oven.
8. Cool on a wire rack then serve or store in an airtight container for upto a week.