Carraway Sweet Water Biscuits

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (6)

1 lb. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
3 lumps of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a piece of butter about the size of a walnut ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
boiling milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a few carraway seeds ↝ Seeds, lotus seeds, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
fine sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (6)

Put 1 lb. of flour, 3 lumps of sugar, and a piece of butter about the size of a walnut into as much boiling milk as will work it into a stiff paste.
Add a few carraway seeds.
Put it into a cool place for about 1 hour.
Take small pieces of the paste about the size of a hazel nut and roll out each piece as thin as a wafer.
Prick with a biscuit pricker and sift some fine sugar over them.
Bake in a slow oven.

Original Text

Carraway Sweet Water Biscuits.
Put 1 lb. of flour, 3 lumps of sugar, and a piece of butter about the size of a walnut into as much boiling milk as will work it into a stiff paste; Add a few carraway seeds, put it into a cool place for about 1 hour.
Take small pieces of the paste about the size of a hazel nut and roll out each piece as thin as a wafer, prick with a biscuit pricker and sift some fine sugar over them. Bake in a slow oven.

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