Lady Fingers

Ingredients

• rub 4 pound butter
• 1 pound prepared flour
• $ pound sugar
• the juice and grated rind of 1 large lemon
• 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour; add sugar, lemon juice and rind, and beaten eggs.

2. 2

   The dough should be stiff enough to make rolls about the size of a lady’s finger; it will spread in the oven.

3. 3

   Optionally, dip in chocolate icing after baking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LADY FINGERS.—To make Lady Fingers for after- noon tea, rub 4 pound butter into 1 pound prepared flour ; to this add $ pound sugar, the juice and grated rind of 1 large lemon, and lastly 3 eggs

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