| Empire Biscuit |
| ingredients: |
1/2
lb (250g or two cups) sifted flour
1/2 lb (= 250g or two sticks)
butter
1/4 lb (125g or slightly more
than half a cup) castor sugar
(finely granulated sugar)
Jam or jelly or jell-O
1 egg |
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| method: |
Cream butter and sugar, add
egg then add the flour. Make
into a stiff paste, roll out
and cut in rounds. Place on
greaseproof paper (vegetable
parchment or waxed paper) on
a baking tray (cookie sheet).
Cook in a moderate oven until
slightly brown. When cold, spread
jam/jelly on one round and place
another round on top. Ice (the
icing used is usually glacé
icing) the top of the sandwich
and put half a glace cherry
in the middle of the icing.
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| In
the days when Britain had an Empire
(not all that long ago) nobody thought
it unusual to use the term "Empire
Biscuit." North American readers
might like to be reminded that a "biscuit"
is a "cookie." |
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