{"id":94,"slug":"almond-gambols","title":"Almond Gambols","description":"This 18th century recipe for almond cookies has been adapted from a handwritten recipe book hosted at Wiki Commons. They are very aromatic.","ingredients_raw":["½ pound blanched almonds","¾ pound white granulated sugar","2–3 spoonfuls rosewater","1 grain musk (substitute edible musk essence)","1 grain ambergris (no modern substitute)","Fine lemon zest"],"ingredients_norm":["blanched almond","white granulated sugar","rosewater","grain musk","grain ambergris","fine lemon zest"],"steps":["Start pounding the almonds in a marble mortar.","Gradually pound in the sugar a spoonful at a time until it is all incorporated.","Pound in the rosewater, musk, ambergris, and lemon zest until the mixture is a fine paste.","Pinch off balls and roll them in some additional sugar, then place on parchment-lined sheets. Bake in a slow oven (275–300°F/135–150°C) until dried through."],"categories":["Cookie recipes","Recipes using almond","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes for cookies","Recipes using rose water","Recipes using granulated sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Almond_Gambols","source_ref":"4515239","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Almond_Gambols&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"461fe8808b4013fa7a5503b1e5b9c50b8e7ceb035a2f1a504631e156e6c16889","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/almond-gambols"}