Cinnamon Drop Biscuits

Ingredients

• 4oz. of butter
• 4oz. of sifted crushed loaf sugar
• three eggs
• 6oz. of flour
• loz. of ground Cinnamon
• a few well-washed and dried currants

Method

1. 1

   Warm the butter, beat to a cream, and gradually add the sugar while beating.

2. 2

   Add the eggs one at a time, then sift in the flour, currants, and ground Cinnamon.

3. 3

   Use a biscuit-forcer to lay out small rounds on paper on a baking sheet.

4. 4

   Bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 364. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cinnamon Drop Biscuits. -Put 4oz. of butter into a basin, I warm it, beat it to a cream with a wooden spoon, add gradually 4oz. of sifted crushed loaf sugar, beating continually ; then add three eggs, working one in before another is added, sift in lightly and slowly 6oz. of flour, a few well-washed and dried currants, and loz. of ground Cinnamon

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