Cringles

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 (8)
for washing
Instructions (13)
  1. Rub the butter into the flour.
  2. Add the sugar.
  3. Take half of this mixture.
  4. Add to it quarter of a pint of milk and the yeast.
  5. Cover over and set to rise in a warm place.
  6. When risen add the rest of the flour, etc., to it.
  7. Add also a quarter of a pint more milk and the two eggs.
  8. Mix into a light dough.
  9. Roll out to the thickness of a finger.
  10. Cut into fancy shapes.
  11. Set them on a baking tin in a warm place to rise.
  12. Bake when risen.
  13. When baked wash over with milk and sugar.
Original Text
Cringles ¹⁄₄ lb. butter 1 lb. flour 2 ozs. sugar 2 table-spoons yeast ¹⁄₂ pint milk 2 eggs Rub the butter into the flour. Add the sugar. Take half of this mixture. Add to it quarter of a pint of milk and the yeast. Cover over and set to rise in a warm place. When risen add the rest of the flour, etc., to it. Add also a quarter of a pint more milk and the two eggs. Mix into a light dough. Roll out to the thickness of a finger. Cut into fancy shapes. Set them on a baking tin in a warm place to rise. Bake when risen. When baked wash over with milk and sugar.
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