869. Shrewsbury Cakes

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 14 days ago
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Ingredients (5)

one pound of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
six ounces of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a couple of eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
sufficient milk to form a flexible paste ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]

Instructions (5)

Weigh one pound of flour, into which rub half a pound of butter and six ounces of flour.
Make a hole in the centre, into which break a couple of eggs, and add sufficient milk to form a flexible paste.
Roll out the paste to the thickness of a penny-piece.
Cut the paste into small cakes with a round cutter.
Bake them in a moderate oven.

Original Text · last edited 14 days ago

869. Shrewsbury Cakes.—Weigh one pound of flour, into which rub half a pound of butter and six ounces of flour, make a hole in the centre, into which break a couple of eggs, and add sufficient milk to form a flexible paste, which roll out to the thickness of a penny-piece, and cut it into small cakes with a round cutter; bake them in a moderate oven.

Ginger Cakes are made precisely as the above, but adding half an ounce of ground ginger before mixing; and Cinnamon Cakes, by rubbing in an ounce and a half of ground cinnamon after the paste is mixed.

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