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Lemon Turnovers

Rub an ounce of loaf sugar upon the rind of a lemon. Crush it, and dissolve it in two table-spoonfuls of milk. Add three dessert-spoonfuls of flour, two ounces of clarified butter, and two well-beaten eggs. Stir all over the fire for a minute. Take a pound of good pastry; divide it into six or eight pieces, and roll each piece out to a round shape, about the size of a saucer. Spread a little of the mixture on one half of the round, fold the other half over, fasten the edges securely, and bake on a buttered tin in a moderate oven. Before serving, sift a little sugar over the turnovers. Time to bake, twenty minutes. Probable cost, a halfpenny each. Sufficient for six or eight turnovers.