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Biscuits III
This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.
Ingredients
Servings
- all-purpose flour, 175 g/6.2 oz1 1/4 cup
- caster sugar, 55 g1/4 cup
- butter, softened2 tbsp
- egg yolk1
- milk2 tbsp
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Preheat the oven to . Grease a baking pan.
Beat the egg and milk together in a bowl.
Mix the other ingredients into the egg mixture to form a soft dough.
Roll out the dough to and cut out into very thin biscuits with a round cookie cutter.
Place the biscuits on the baking pan.
Bake for 6 minutes until golden.
Take the biscuits out of the oven and leave them to cool.
Region evidence: no stated origin (basic dish)
