Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited

Rock Biscuits

450g (1lb) Caster Sugar
225g (8oz) Flour
6 Eggs
A Few Currants

Beat the eggs well until very light, add the sugar.
When well mixed, sift in the flour gradually and add the currants.
Mix together well.
Put the dough, with a fork, on the baking trays, making it look as rough as possible.
Bake the cakes in a moderate oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
When they are done, allow to cool and store them away in a tin canister, in a dry place.

Time: 20 to 30 minutes.
Seasonable at any time.

ROCK BISCUITS

1747. INGREDIENTS - 6 eggs, 1 lb. of sifted sugar, 1/2 lb. of flour, a few currants.

Mode - Break the eggs into a basin, beat them well until very light, add the pounded sugar, and when this is well mixed with the eggs, dredge in the flour gradually, and add the currants. Mix all well together, and put the dough, with a fork, on the tins, making it look as rough as possible. Bake the cakes in a moderate oven from 20 minutes to 1/2 hour; when they are done, allow them to get cool, and store them away in a tin canister, in a dry place.

Time - 20 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Average cost, 1s. 2d.

Seasonable at any time.

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Mrs Beetons Baking Recipes Revisited

Rock Biscuits

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