Ormskirk

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904

Source: The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
Status: success · extracted 4 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (15)

1/2lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
4oz. each of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
caster sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
golden syrup ↝ Pancake syrup [Jams, syrups, toppings]
4oz shred candied peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
1/2oz. powdered ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
the same of essence of lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]

Alternative recipe

11/2oz. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
4lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1lb. of treacle
3lb. of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
four well-beaten eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
ginger and shred candied peel to taste ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
ginger and shred candied peel to taste ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (4)

Mix together all the dry ingredients, then rub in the butter, and make it to a stiff paste with the golden syrup, previously warmed and flavoured with the essence of lemon.
Roll it out very thin, cut it out with an oval cutter, place the biscuits on a floured tin, and bake to a nice pale brown in a moderate oven.

Alternative

Rub 11/2oz. of butter into 4lb. of flour, then stir in 1lb. of treacle, 3lb. of sugar, four well-beaten eggs, and ginger and shred candied peel to taste.
Roll this out thin, and cut into fingers with a knife.

Original Text · last edited 4 days ago

Ormskirk.—½lb. of flour, 4oz. each of butter, caster sugar, and golden syrup, 4oz. shred candied peel, ½oz. powdered ginger, quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, the same of essence of lemon; mix together all the dry ingredients, then rub in the butter, and make it to a stiff paste with the golden syrup, previously warmed and flavoured with the essence of lemon. Roll it out very thin, cut it out with an oval cutter, place the biscuits on a floured tin, and bake to a nice pale brown in a moderate oven. Or: Rub 1½oz. of butter into 4lb. of flour, then stir in 1lb. of treacle, 3lb. of sugar, four well-beaten eggs, and ginger and shred candied peel to taste. Roll this out thin, and cut into fingers with a knife.

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