Gingerbread Biscuits. No. 2. “Ormskirk Gingerbread Nuts.”

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 (16)

2 lbs. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 lb. treacle
1 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
2 fresh eggs well beaten ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 ozs. best powdered ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 ozs. candied lemon peel chopped ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Alternative Ingredients

2 lbs. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 lb. treacle
1 lb. sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
1 lb. butter clarified ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 oz. ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
2 oz. carraway seeds ↝ Seeds, lotus seeds, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
1/4 oz. sifted cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
candied citron, and orange peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
candied citron, and orange peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (3)

Mix all well.
Make it in shapes.
Bake very crisp to a light brown the length and shape of a Savoy biscuit, or in nuts, or like a short thick stick of sealing wax.

Original Text

Gingerbread Biscuits. No. 2. “Ormskirk Gingerbread Nuts.” (Mrs. Jackson.)
2 lbs. flour; rub into it ½ lb. butter; then add 1 lb. treacle, 1 lb. sugar, 2 fresh eggs well beaten, 2 ozs. best powdered ginger, and 2 ozs. candied lemon peel chopped.
Mix all well, make it in shapes and bake very crisp to a light brown the length and shape of a Savoy biscuit, or in nuts, or like a short thick stick of sealing wax.
Another copy gives these ingredients:—
2 lbs. flour, 1 lb. treacle, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. butter clarified, 1 oz. ginger, 2 oz. carraway seeds, ¼ oz. sifted cinnamon, candied citron, and orange peel.

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