Ginger Biscuits

Ingredients

• Three-quarters of a pound of flour
• Half a pound of treacle
• Half an ounce of ground ginger
• Three tablespoonfuls of brandy
• A quarter of a pound of butter
• A quarter of a pound of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour, ground ginger, and sugar into a basin, rub in the butter very smoothly, add the treacle and brandy, and mix well together into a stiff paste.

2. 2

   Roll it out on a floured board until fairly thin, cut into rounds, put them on a greased baking sheet, glaze them over with a little milk, and bake in a moderate oven for about fifteen minutes.

3. 3

   This quantity makes rather more than seventy biscuits.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Ocklye cookery book (1909) by Eleanor L. Jenkinson, page 48. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

QINQER BISCUITS Ingredients Three-quarters of a pound of Half a pound of treacle. flour. Half an ounce of ground ginger. A quarter of a pound of butter. Three tablespoonfuls of brandy. A quarter of a pound of sugar

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