Almond Shortcake

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

Appears in

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

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Ingredients

  • 4 oz. butter or margarine
  • 2 oz. Barbados sugar
  • ½

Method

Cream fat and sugar; add egg yolk, sifted flour and salt. Add the almonds. Knead all together to a stiff dough. Make into a cake as for Shortbread (Scottish) and bake in a warm to cool oven (335°–310° F., Gas 3–2).

The dough may be cut into fingers or other fancy shapes and baked as biscuits.