Gingerbread Biscuits. No. 1.

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

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Ingredients (16)

Mrs. Edgar Corrie's recipe

1 lb. of treacle
1 lb. of brown sugar ↝ Sugars, brown [Sweets]
21/2 lbs. of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1/2 lb. of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
2 ozs. of ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Lady Buchan's recipe

11/2 lbs. of treacle
2 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 oz ground ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
11/2 lbs flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 teacupful warm milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
5 ozs. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 oz. ground carraways ↝ Lupins, mature seeds, raw [Legumes and Legume Products]
2 ozs. candied peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
2 ozs. blanched almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
2 ozs. ground rice ↝ Rice, cooked, NFS [Rice]
2 ozs. moist sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (1)

In preparing ingredients the treacle, sugar and butter should be melted together and then mixed with the flour and ginger, which should be previously well mixed together.

Original Text

Gingerbread Biscuits. No. 1. (Mrs. Edgar Corrie's and Lady Buchan's.)
These are both made the same way, but the ingredients for Mrs. Corrie's are: 1 lb. of treacle, 1 lb. of brown sugar, 2½ lbs. of flour, ½ lb. of butter, and 2 ozs. of ginger; while Lady Buchan uses 1½ lbs. of treacle, 2 eggs, 1 oz. ground ginger, 1½ lbs. flour, 1 teacupful warm milk, 5 ozs. butter, 1 oz. ground carraways, 2 ozs. candied peel, 2 ozs. blanched almonds, 2 ozs. ground rice, and 2 ozs. moist sugar.
In preparing ingredients the treacle, sugar and butter should be melted together and then mixed with the flour and ginger, which should be previously well mixed together.

Notes

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