loaf sugar

British  

noun

1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf

2. small cube-shaped lumps of this, the form in which it was often sold

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loaf sugar

Place them in a floured pan, brush the tops with white of egg, and sprinkle with pounded loaf sugar.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

To start with I laid in a pretty good supply of commissaries, among them ten pounds of cut loaf sugar.

From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by Robert Henderson McKay

Rub cut loaf sugar over the peel of the lemon to extract the oil, and add to the lemon-juice.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

To each pound of pumpkin, allow a pound of powdered loaf sugar, and a gill of lemon juice.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

It was at his instance that Davenport removed to Philadelphia, and opened a bakery where he sold "choice middling bisket," and occasionally "Boston loaf sugar" and "choice pickled and spiced oisters in cags."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

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