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Sieve the flour and sugar, and rub the butter into them until free from lumps. Mix the yolk of egg with one table-spoonful of cream and the essence of almonds, and pour this into the centre of the dry ingredients. Work up with the hand into a stiffish paste, using a little more cream if necessary. Roll out on a floured board rather thinly, and cut in fancy shapes. Bake on a greased and floured tin until a golden brown colour. Allow the biscuits to cool on the tin, then brush them over with white of egg and sugar mixed, and sprinkle with chopped and browned almonds. Return the biscuits to the oven for a few minutes to dry. Time to bake, 10 to 12 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2730. Arrowroot Biscuits £ lb. arrowroot. I 1 tea-sp. sugar. 2 oz. flour. 1 oz. butter. | A little milk. Sieve the dry ingredients into a basin, and rub in the butter with the tips of the fingers until free from lumps. Then form into a stiff paste with a little milk. Knead until smooth, and roll out very thinly on a floured board. Cut into biscuits, and bake on a greased tin until brown and crisp. Note. — Richer biscuits may be made by adding more butter and mixing with a beaten egg and less milk. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, 3d. 2731. Ayrshire Shortbread £ lb. flour. | lb. rice flour. | lb. butter. 4 oz. castor sugar. 1 egg. 1 or 2 table-sps. cream. Sieve the two kinds of flour into a basin, and rub the butter into them. Sieve in the sugar, and add the flavouring. Beat up the egg in a small basin, and add a little cream to it ; pour this into the centre of the dry ingredients, and mix all into a paste with the hand, using more cream if necessary. Turn out on a floured board, and knead lightly until free from cracks. Flour a rolling-pin, and roll out the paste to about £ inch in thickness. Stamp it out in small rounds with a cutter, and place the biscuits on a greased and floured tin. Roll the scraps again, and cut out more biscuits until all is used, then bake the biscuits in a moderate oven until a pretty brown colour. Sprinkle them well with sugar while they are still hot, and lift them on to a sieve or wire stand to cool. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost. Is. 2d. 2732. Bachelor’s Buttons 5 oz. flour. | 2 oz. butter. 1 egg. 3 oz. castor sugar. [ A little flavouring. Cream the butter and sugar together, and add a little flavouring. Beat the egg, and add it gradually with the flour until a stiffish paste is formed. Do not add all the egg unless necessary. Take small portions of the mixture, and roll them into balls the size of a hazel nut, using a little flora) to prevent them sticking to the hands. Place them on a greased and floured tin, and when all are ready sprinkle them with sugar. Bake in a good oven until the biscuits are lightly browned, then lift them on to a sieve to cool. Time to bake, about 12 minutes. Probable cost, 6 d. 2733. Brandy Snaps £ lb. butter. J lb. castor sugar. | lb. flour. i lb. golden syrup. | tea-sp. ground ginger. A few drops of vanilla.