Small Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• ilb. of Flour
• Jib. of Butter
• one teaspoonful of baking powder
• a little salt
• Put in as much milk as will make it a nice light paste

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour, and when it is well rubbed away, add one teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt.

2. 2

   Put in as much milk as will make it a nice light paste, stirring with a knife, and using the hand as little as possible.

3. 3

   Roll it out about Jin. thick.

4. 4

   Cut with a round cutter and bake a few minutes in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes (1907) by King's College Hospital, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Small Tea Cakes. ilb. of Flour. Jib. of Butter. Rub the butter into the flour, and when it is well rubbed away, add one teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt. Put in as much milk as will make it a nice light paste

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