Shortbread

Ingredients

• Eight ounces of Flour
• Six ounces of Butter
• Two ounces of Castor Sugar
• Essence of Almonds
• Candied Peel

Method

1. 1

   Beat the butter to a cream with the hand.

2. 2

   Add the sugar and mix well.

3. 3

   Stir in the flour gradually and knead well.

4. 4

   Form into a ball and roll out into a round.

5. 5

   Grease a Victoria sandwich tin, fit the shortbread into it, mark the edges using the thumb and first finger and decorate with candied peel.

6. 6

   Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.

7. 7

   Cool in the tin.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Easy dishes for small incomes, or, The housewife's guide to practical cookery (1906) by E. M. Buchan, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SHORTBREAD Ingredients : Eight ounces of Flour Six ounces of Butter Two ounces of Castor Sugar Essence of Almonds Candied Peel

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