Derwentwater

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904
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The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Rub 1/2lb. fresh butter into 1lb. flour.
  2. Mix in 1/2lb. each of sugar and well washed and dried currants.
  3. Work it all to a paste with four well-beaten eggs (beating the yolks and whites separately).
  4. When this paste is stiff, roll it.
  5. Stamp it out in little round cakes.
  6. Bake twelve or fifteen minutes in a slack oven.
Original Text · last edited 4 days ago
Derwentwater.—Rub ½lb. fresh butter into 1lb. flour; now mix in ½lb. each of sugar and well washed and dried currants, and work it all to a paste with four well-beaten eggs (beating the yolks and whites separately). When this paste is stiff, roll it, stamp it out in little round cakes, and bake twelve or fifteen minutes in a slack oven.
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