Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book

669— MILK BISCUITS. 1 lb. flour 2 ozs. butter 1 teaspoonful Elliott's Queens- ^ pt. milk land baking powder Pinch of salt. ^ MODE.—Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a basin; warm the milk and butter in a small saucepan and pour in with the flour, mixing into a nice smooth light dough ; turn on to a floured baking board ; dust the rolling pin lightly with flour, then quickly and lightly roll the dough quite thin ; cut out with a small round or oval cutter ; prick well with a fork, and brush them over with milk ; place on a greased baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven from ten to fifteen minutes ; turn them out on a sieve to cool before putting in a tin. 670— CHAMPAGNE BISCUITS. 6 ozs. flour 1 small teaspoonful baking 5 ozs. sugar powder 5 ozs. butter Essence of lemon or pine- 3 eggs apple. Cakes . Mode. — Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, sift the flour and baking powder, add the yolks of the eggs well beaten to the butter and sugar and stir the flour in gradually, then add the essence and the whites of the eggs, which must be beaten into a very stiff froth, have ready some thick or stiff paper, fold accordion fashion, well brush each groove with dissolved butter, place the papers on a baking sheet, put a spoonful of the mixture irto the centre of each groove, bake at once in a steady oven for about fifteen minutes. 671— GEMS. i teaspoonful Elliott's Queens- 1 egg land baking powder Flour. Cup of milk. Mode. — Beat the egg very lightly, add sifted flour and the milk alternately until it makes a thick batter, have ready some small tins warmed and buttered, half fill with the batter and bake in a brisk oven for half an hour. Turn out and split open, butter and serve hot. 672—DUNDEE CAKE. 1^- teaspoonful Elliott's Queens- f lb. sultanas land baking powder 5 eggs ^ lb. butter i lb. candied peel 1 lb. flour A little milk i lb. sugar. Mode. — Beat the butter and sugar to cream, have the sultanas cleaned and picked, sift the flour and baking powder together on to a paper, beat the eggs into the butter and sugar one at a time, then add the sultanas and the candied peel finely chopped, beat the flour in by degrees, adding a little milk if necessary, pour into a cake tin lined with greased paper, bake for two hours in a steady oven. B Cakes. 673— TEA CAKES. 2 teaspoonfuls Elliott's Queens- 1 lb. flour land baking powder 3 ozs. butter J pt. milk Pinch of salt 2 ozs. sugar 2 eggs. Mode. — Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a basin, rub to this the butter and sugar ; beat the eggs, and, with the half pint of milk, add gradually ; mix into a nice light dough, knead quickly and lightly for a minute or two till smooth, lay on to a baking board, divide in two, flatten into round cakes, make a hole in the centre and brush over with milk or egg. Bake in a brisk oven about twenty minutes, split open, butter and serve hot. 674— WALNUT CAKES. 1 lb. flour Soft icing ^ lb. butter f lb. sugar Essence of vanilla 1 lemon or candied peel ^ lb. walnuts 1 J teaspoonfuls Elliott's A little milk Queensland baking pow- 6 eggs der.