Homemade Paste - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. powdered alum
1 pt. cold water
5 drops oil of cloves

Preparation

Mix flour, sugar and alum together.
Add a small amount of the pint of cold water and stir well to make a paste, to prevent lumps in the finished paste.
Heat the remainder of the water to boiling point in a 2 qt. pan.
While stirring, slowly add the paste to the boiling water.
Cook until thick, stirring.
Paste will be thicker when cold.
Stir in oil of cloves.
Pour into a small bowl and cover with one thickness of cloth to prevent crusting.
When cold, put into sterilized jars with tight fitting lids.