Little Biscuits

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903

Source: The cake and biscuit book
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

1/2 lb. flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
2 eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/4 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1/4 lb. powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
A small tea-spoonful baking powder ↝ Baobab powder [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
A small wine-glass of sherry

Instructions (5)

Put the flour, sugar and baking powder into a basin and stir well together.
Rub in the butter and add the well beaten eggs.
Mix with the wine into a paste just firm enough to roll out on a paste-board.
Cut out in little rounds with a small wine-glass.
Bake on a floured tin until a delicate colour, like nicely baked pastry.

Original Text

*Little Biscuits

¹⁄₂ lb. flour 2 eggs ¹⁄₄ lb. butter ¹⁄₄ lb. powdered sugar A small tea-spoonful baking powder A small wine-glass of sherry

Put the flour, sugar and baking powder into a basin and stir well together. Rub in the butter and add the well beaten eggs. Mix with the wine into a paste just firm enough to roll out on a paste-board. Cut out in little rounds with a small wine-glass. Bake on a floured tin until a delicate colour, like nicely baked pastry.

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