SEED BISCUITS

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Yield: 36.0 biscuits
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

1 lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/4 lb. of sifted sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1/4 lb. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/2 oz. of caraway seeds ↝ Spices, caraway seed [Spices and Herbs]
3 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

for brushing

a little milk or the white of an egg ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a little sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (7)

Beat the butter to a cream.
Stir in the flour, sugar, and caraway seeds.
When these ingredients are well mixed, add the eggs, which should be well whisked.
Roll out the paste.
With a round cutter shape out the biscuits.
Bake them in a moderate oven from 10 to 15 minutes.
The tops of the biscuits may be brushed over with a little milk or the white of an egg, and then a little sugar strewn over.

Original Text

SEED BISCUITS.

1749. INGREDIENTS.—1 lb. of flour, 1/4 lb. of sifted sugar, 1/4 lb. of butter, 1/2 oz. of caraway seeds, 3 eggs.

Mode.—Beat the butter to a cream; stir in the flour, sugar, and caraway seeds; and when these ingredients are well mixed, add the eggs, which should be well whisked. Roll out the paste, with a round cutter shape out the biscuits, and bake them in a moderate oven from 10 to 15 minutes. The tops of the biscuits may be brushed over with a little milk or the white of an egg, and then a little sugar strewn over.

Time.—10 to 15 minutes. Average cost, 1s.

Sufficient to make 3 dozen biscuits. Seasonable at any time.

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