865. Moss Biscuits

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (6)

half a pound of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
an ounce and a half of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
five ounces of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
one whole and one white of egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a teaspoonful of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
two ounces of ground almonds ↝ Almonds, salted [Nuts and seeds]

Instructions (5)

Weigh half a pound of flour, to which add an ounce and a half of butter and five ounces of sugar.
Rub them well together and mix with one whole and one white of egg and a teaspoonful of milk.
Then add two ounces of ground almonds, which rub well into the paste.
Afterwards rub the whole through a gauze wire sieve, taking it off in small pieces.
Lay the small pieces upon a lightly-buttered baking-sheet, and bake them in a moderate oven.

Original Text · last edited 12 days ago

865. Moss Biscuits.—Weigh half a pound of flour, to which add an ounce and a half of butter and five ounces of sugar, rub them well together and mix with one whole and one white of egg and a teaspoonful of milk; then add two ounces of ground almonds, which rub well into the paste; afterwards rub the whole through a gauze wire sieve, taking it off in small pieces, which lay upon a lightly-buttered baking-sheet, and bake them in a moderate oven.

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