Sponge Biscuits

Ingredients

• yolks of 4 eggs
• i c thin cream or rich milk
• % t salt
• i c flour
• the stiffly beaten whites of 4 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Beat yolks of eggs, add cream or milk and salt, then gradually pour onto flour while beating continuously until smooth.

2. 2

   Fold in beaten egg whites, pour into hot greased gem pans and bake for about 15 minutes in a hot oven (360°F).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 132. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPONGE BISCUITS COFFEE Cream of Wheat ^ c cream of wheat, 2 c boiling water, ^ t salt, as on p 17. Creamed Dried Beef Make a white sauce using 4 T butter, 4 T flour and 2 c milk. To it add ^ pound dried beef broken into small pieces. Cook about 5 m and just before serving pour very slowly onto i well beaten egg. Serve at once. Sponge Biscuits Beat the yolks of 4 eggs, add i c thin cream or rich milk, % t salt, and then gradually pour onto i c flour beating continuously until perfectly smooth and free from lumps. Cut and fold in the stiffly beaten whites of 4 eggs

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