Raisin Biscuit (Slices)

Ingredients

• 2 cups of self-raising flour
• 1 cup sugar
• Salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup cornflour or maizena
• About 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup butter

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour, salt and cornflour.

2. 2

   Rub in butter.

3. 3

   Mix beaten eggs and milk together, and add slowly to flour, using just sufficient to make a stiff biscuit dough.

4. 4

   Roll out and cut into rounds or slices.

5. 5

   Bake in a moderate oven 15 minutes (400 deg.).

6. 6

   When cold spread with filling.

7. 7

   Put two together and ice the top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Raisin Biscuit (Slices). 2 cups of self-raising flour. 1 cup sugar. Salt. 2 eggs. 1 cup cornflour or maizena. About 4 tablespoons milk. 1 cup butter

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