867. Rout Biscuits

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

a pound and a quarter of lump sugar ↝ Sugar, white, granulated or lump [Sugars and honey]
the rind of a lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
half a pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
two pounds of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
as much carbonate of soda as would lie upon a sixpence ↝ Beverages, carbonated, club soda [Beverages]
a couple of eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (7)

Boil a pound and a quarter of lump sugar, upon which you have rubbed the rind of a lemon, in half a pint of milk.
When cold, rub half a pound of butter with two pounds of flour.
Make a hole in the centre, pour in the milk with as much carbonate of soda as would lie upon a sixpence, and a couple of eggs.
Mix the whole into a smooth paste.
Lay it out upon your baking-sheet in whatever flat shapes you please.
Bake them in a very warm oven.

Shaping

The proper way to shape these biscuits is by wooden blocks having leaves, pine-apples, and other devices carved upon them.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

867. Rout Biscuits.—Boil a pound and a quarter of lump sugar, upon which you have rubbed the rind of a lemon, in half a pint of milk; when cold, rub half a pound of butter with two pounds of flour, make a hole in the centre, pour in the milk with as much carbonate of soda as would lie upon a sixpence, and a couple of eggs, mix the whole into a smooth paste, lay it out upon your baking-sheet in whatever flat shapes you please, and bake them in a very warm oven.

The proper way to shape these biscuits is by wooden blocks having leaves, pine-apples, and other devices carved upon them.

Notes

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