Lemon Biscuits

Ingredients

• sugar
• £ lb. flour
• 1 gill of milk
• 1 tea-sp. baking powder
• 1 oz. butter
• A pinch of salt
• enough beaten egg to bind all together
• Add the lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar and butter until yellow.

2. 2

   Sieve flour on top, rub in butter until free from lumps.

3. 3

   Add lemon juice and enough beaten egg to bind.

4. 4

   Roll out thinly, stamp into shapes, place on greased tin, brush with egg, sprinkle with almonds, and bake in a moderate oven until browned.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 918. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Add the lemon juice and enough beaten egg to bind all together. Roll out rather thinly and stamp out in rounds or fancy shapes. Place the biscuits on a greased tin, brush them over with egg, sprinkle with chopped almonds, and bake in a moderate oven until nicely browned and firm to the touch. Time to cook, 15 to 20 minutes. Probable cost, 6d. £ lb. flour. 1 gill of milk. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. 1 oz. butter. A pinch of salt. Sieve the flour, salt, and baking powder into a basin, and make a well in the centre. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the milk, and make it just lukewarm. Pour this into the centre of the flour, and mix all together. Flour a baking-board, turn the paste on to it, and knead with the hands until free from cracks. Then roll out as thin as possible, and prick all over with a fork or biscuit pricker. Stamp out in rounds with a cutter about three inches in diameter, place the biscuits on a greased tin, and bake them in a moderate oven until brown and crisp. The oven must not be too hot, but regular. When the biscuits are ready, remove them from the tins and put them on a sieve or wire stand to cool. Time to bake, about 20 minutes. Probable cost, 4 d. 2748. Neva Biscuits £ lb. sugar. A pinch of cream of tartar. 2 eggs. £ lb. flour. A few drops carmine. A few chopped almonds. Sieve the sugar into a basin, add the eggs and cream of tartar, stand the basin over a saucepan of hot water, and beat with a wire whisk until light and frothy. Then remove the basin to the table. 574 COOKERY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD and, when the mixture is tepid, sift in the flour very lightly. Colour pink with a few drops of carmine, and pour into small biscuit moulds, which have been greased and dusted out with flour and sugar. Sprinkle the tops with chopped almonds and sugar, and bake in a moderate oven until firm to the touch. Time to bake, 10 to 12 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2749. Norwegian Biscuits 4 oz. flour. 4 oz. rice flour. 2 oz. butter. 2 oz. castor sugar. 2 table-sps. cream. 1 oz. ground almonds. Make in the same way as Ayrshire Shortbread. See Recipe 2731. Probable cost, 6d. 3 oz. flour. 3 oz. oatmeal. 1 oz. sugar, or £ tea-sp. salt. 1£ oz. butter. A pinch of baking powder. A little water or milk. 2750. Oatmeal Biscuits 1 egg. Put all the dry ingredients into a basin, and rub in the butter with the tips of the fingers until free from lumps. Beat up the egg in a small basin, add half of it to the mixture, and then enough water or milk to form all into one lump. Knead with the hands until free from cracks, and turn the dough on to a floured board. Flour a rolling-pin, and roll out the paste to rather less than £ of an inch in thickness. Stamp out in shapes with a cutter and place the biscuits on a greased tin. Re-roll the scraps, and cut out more biscuits until all the paste is used up. Bake in a moderate oven until th9 biscuits are nicely browned. Place them on a sieve to cool. Time to bake, about 15 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2751. Orange Biscuits Make in the same way as Lemon Biscuits. See Recipe 2744. 2752. Raspberry Biscuits Take any sweet biscuits, such as Milan or Ayr- shire shortbread, and place two together with a little raspberry jam between. Coat them with raspberry glace icing, and decorate them with a few chopped pistachio nuts or small pieces of pre- served fruit. 2753. Ratafias Make the same mixture as for macaroons (see above), flavouring with a few drops of ratafia essence. Put the mixture into a forcing bag with a £-inch pipe and force out small drops the size of a sixpenny piece on white paper placed on a baking tin. Bake in a cool oven until a light brown colour. Should the biscuits adhere to the paper, damp the reverse side with a little water, and return the biscuits to the oven for a few minutes to dry. Time to bake, 20 to 30 minutes. £ lb. flour. 3 oz. ground rice. £ lb. castor sugar. 2754. Rice Biscuits Vanilla essence. 3 oz. butter. 1 egg. A little milk. Put the flour, sugar, and ground rice into a basin, and rub in the butter until free from lumps. Beat up the egg, add a few drops of vanilla to it, and moisten the dry ingredients with this, using also a little milk to form all into a paste. Turn out on a floured baking board, knead until free from cracks, and then roll out to £ inch in thickness. Cut into biscuits, place them on a greased tin, and bake in a hot oven until brown and crisp. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, Id. 2755. Scotch Parkins £ lb. flour. £ lb. coarse oatmeal. 3 oz. dripping or lard. 2 table-sps. brown sugar. 2 table-sps. treacle or syrup. £ tea-sp. mixed spice. £ tea-sp. baking powder. A few sweet almonds. Put the oatmeal, flour, spice, and baking powder into a basin and mix them together. Heat the sugar, treacle, and dripping in a small saucepan until melted, and stir them into the centre of the dry ingredients. Mix well until a smooth paste is formed. Then form into small halls the size of a walnut. Place these on a greased baking tin, put one or two slit almonds on the top of each, and flatten them slightly. Then bake the parkins in a moderate oven until crisp and firm. Cool them on a sieve, and keep in an air-tight tin box. Time to bake, 15 to 20 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. 2756. Shrewsbury Biscuits 7 oz. flour. 6 oz. castor sugar. £ lb. butter. 1 egg. £ tea-sp. ground cinna- mon. Make in the same way as Cinnamon Biscuits. See Recipe 2737. Probable cost, 7 d. 2757. Tea Biscuits £ lb. flour. £ lb. butter. £ lb. castor sugar. 2 oz. ground nuts. 1 tea-sp. baking powder

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