Beat ¼lb fresh unsalted butter until white. Add ¼lb sugar, 8 egg yolks, ½large wineglass rum, ¼lb of the very best flour, a handful of washed and dried currants, and, finally, 8 beaten egg whites. Mix, fill small buttered paper casings or tin pans, and bake in a hot oven.
*I have not found an explanation of why these were called English cheese cookies.