Name: Shrewsbury Biscuits
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 30–32 biscuits
Ingredients: 8 oz. plain flour; ½ level teasp. ground cinnamon or 1 teasp. grated lemon rind; 1 small egg; milk as required; 4 oz. castor sugar; 4 oz. butter or margarine

Preparation info

30–32
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

About

Ingredients

4 oz. butter or margarine
4 oz. castor sugar
1

Method

Cream the fat and sugar and beat in the egg. Sift flour with cinnamon, or add grated rind, and add to the creamed fat mixture. Mix to a stiff consistency, using milk if required. Roll out fairly thinly and cut out with a 2½-in. cutter. Place on a greased baking- sheet and bake in a moderate oven

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