The 'Sure to Rise' Cookery Book

Carraway Biscuits

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Carraway Biscuits.

  • 1½ lbs. of flour
  • ½ lb. butter
  • ¾ lb. Sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoonfuls Edmonds' Baking Powder
  • 2 ozs. currants
  • 2 ozs. candied peel
  • 1 teaspoonful carraway seeds
  • Little milk

Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar, baking powder, cleaned currants, carraway seeds, and finely-chopped candied peel. Mix to a stiff paste with the well-beaten eggs, and a little milk. Roll out on a floured board, cut into shapes, and bake in quick oven.

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Title: The ‘Sure to Rise’ Cookery Book

Publication details: T. J. Edmonds, 1914, Christchurch

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