Potato Rocks

Ingredients

• 1 lb. dry mashed potato
• 4 lb. rice flour
• 4 lb. self-raising flour
• 1 tablespoonful oil or 1 oz. of fat
• 2 oz. sugar
• 4 oz. baked beetroot
• flavouring and spice
• 1 gill of moisture

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beetroot into diamond shapes.

2. 2

   Mix the fat and potato together thoroughly to make it light, add the rice flour and mix well.

3. 3

   Let this rest as long as possible, or even prepare the day before required.

4. 4

   Then mix lightly with the other ingredients, last of all adding the moisture.

5. 5

   Make into rocks with a fork on a greased baking-sheet, and bake in a fairly hot oven for from 15 to 20 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The victory cookery book (1918) by Peel, C. S. Mrs, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Rocks Materials—1 |b. dry mashed potato, 4 Ib. rice flour, 4 lb. self-raising flour, 1 tablespoonful oil or 1 oz. of fat, 2 oz. sugar, 4, 0z. baked beetroot, flavouring and spice, 1 gill of moisture

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