Cookery for every household

Put the dripping, treacle, and sugar into a saucepan and let them melt over the fire. Put the flour, ginger, and lemon rind and juice into a basin. Add the soda to the hot mixture in the saucepan, and pour all into the centre of the dry ingredients. Mix all together into a smooth paste, form into small balls the size of a marble, and place them on a tin lined with greased paper. Allow the nuts to stand for £ hour, then bake them in a moderate oven. Time to bake, 15 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2744. Lemon Biscuits £ lb. flour. 2 oz. castor sugar. 2 oz. butter. 1 egg. Grated rind £ lemon. 1 tea-sp. lemon juice. A few chopped almonds. Sieve the sugar into a basin, add to it the grated lemon rind, and rub these two together until the sugar is quite yellow. Sieve the flour on the top, and then rub in the butter until free from lumps. Add the lemon juice and enough beaten egg to bind all together. Roll out rather thinly and stamp out in rounds or fancy shapes. Place the biscuits on a greased tin, brush them over with egg, sprinkle with chopped almonds, and bake in a moderate oven until nicely browned and firm to the touch. Time to cook, 15 to 20 minutes. Probable cost, 6d. £ lb. flour. 1 gill of milk. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. 1 oz. butter. A pinch of salt. Sieve the flour, salt, and baking powder into a basin, and make a well in the centre. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the milk, and make it just lukewarm. Pour this into the centre of the flour, and mix all together. Flour a baking-board, turn the paste on to it, and knead with the hands until free from cracks. Then roll out as thin as possible, and prick all over with a fork or biscuit pricker. Stamp out in rounds with a cutter about three inches in diameter, place the biscuits on a greased tin, and bake them in a moderate oven until brown and crisp. The oven must not be too hot, but regular. When the biscuits are ready, remove them from the tins and put them on a sieve or wire stand to cool. Time to bake, about 20 minutes. Probable cost, 4 d. 2748. Neva Biscuits £ lb. sugar. A pinch of cream of tartar. 2 eggs. £ lb. flour. A few drops carmine. A few chopped almonds. Sieve the sugar into a basin, add the eggs and cream of tartar, stand the basin over a saucepan of hot water, and beat with a wire whisk until light and frothy. Then remove the basin to the table. and, when the mixture is tepid, sift in the flour very lightly. Colour pink with a few drops of carmine, and pour into small biscuit moulds, which have been greased and dusted out with flour and sugar. Sprinkle the tops with chopped almonds and sugar, and bake in a moderate oven until firm to the touch. Time to bake, 10 to 12 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2749. Norwegian Biscuits 4 oz. flour. 4 oz. rice flour. 2 oz. butter. 2 oz. castor sugar. 2 table-sps. cream. 1 oz. ground almonds. Make in the same way as Ayrshire Shortbread. See Recipe 2731. Probable cost, 6d. 3 oz. flour. 3 oz. oatmeal. 1 oz. sugar, or £ tea-sp. salt. 1£ oz. butter. A pinch of baking powder. A little water or milk. 2750. Oatmeal Biscuits 1 egg.