Chocolate Biscuits (Recipe 1)

Ingredients

• Quarter of a pound of Flour
• Two ounces of Sugar
• Two ounces of Butter
• Half an Egg
• Essence of Vanilla
• Small cake of Cadbury’s Chocolate
• Boiling Water
• Half an ounce of Butter
• Half an ounce of Flour
• Quarter of a pound of Icing Sugar

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter, flour, and sugar together in a clean bowl.

2. 2

   Beat the egg, add a few drops of vanilla, stir the egg into the flour and knead lightly.

3. 3

   Roll out on a floured board, cut into rounds and bake on buttered baking sheet in a slow oven.

4. 4

   Put the cake of chocolate in the oven and when soft place it in a little boiling water.

5. 5

   Mix the half ounce of flour and butter in a small pan over the fire.

6. 6

   Add two tablespoonfuls of the chocolate and stir until it boils.

7. 7

   Flavour with vanilla.

8. 8

   Dissolve the icing sugar with boiling water to make a thick icing and beat well.

9. 9

   Mix the icing and chocolate together and spread over the biscuits with a knife dipped in hot water.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOCOLATE BISCUITS. (Recipe i) Ingredients : Quarter of a pound of Flour Two ounces of Sugar Two ounces of Butter Half an Egg Essence of Vanilla Small cake of Cadbury’s Chocolate Boiling Water Half an ounce of Butter Half an ounce of Flour Quarter of a pound of Icing Sugar

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