Fruit Biscuits

Ingredients

• the yolks of two eggs
• 4 ozs. of sugar
• 4 ozs. of flour
• one egg
• a little salt
• the whites of two eggs
• a cupful of strawberries or raspberries
• castor sugar to make a stiff paste

Method

1. 1

   Mix the yolks of two eggs and 4 ozs. of sugar until smooth.

2. 2

   Add 4 ozs. of flour, one egg, and a little salt, then fold in the whisked whites of two eggs.

3. 3

   Spread the paste on a lined baking-tin, about an inch thick.

4. 4

   Bake in a moderate oven, cool, and cut into fingers.

5. 5

   Rub strawberries or raspberries through a sieve, mix with castor sugar, spread on biscuits, and dry in a cool oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 180. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fruit Biscuits. — Make a paste as follows : Mix thoroughly the yolks of two eggs and 4 ozs. of sugar. When smooth, add 4 ozs. of flour, one egg, and a little salt, and last of all the whites of two eggs, whisked till firm. Spread the paste on a lined baking-tin ; it should be rather less than an inch thick. Bake in a moderate oven, and when cool cut into fingers. Rub a cupful of straw- berries or raspberries through a fine sieve, and mix with the pulp castor sugar to make a stiff paste

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