Cocoa-Nut Biscuits or Cakes

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (3)
Instructions (2)
  1. Whisk the eggs until they are very light; add the sugar gradually; then stir in the cocoa-nut.
  2. Roll a tablespoonful of the paste at a time in your hands in the form of a pyramid; place the pyramids on paper, put the paper on tins, and bake the biscuits in rather a cool oven until they are just coloured a light brown.
Original Text
COCOA-NUT BISCUITS OR CAKES. 1740. INGREDIENTS.—10 oz. of sifted sugar, 3 eggs, 6 oz. of grated cocoa-nut. Mode.—Whisk the eggs until they are very light; add the sugar gradually; then stir in the cocoa-nut. Roll a tablespoonful of the paste at a time in your hands in the form of a pyramid; place the pyramids on paper, put the paper on tins, and bake the biscuits in rather a cool oven until they are just coloured a light brown. Time.—About 1/4 hour. Seasonable at any time.
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