English Tea Cakes Recipe 1
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Ingredients for English Tea Cakes Recipe 1
- 1½ cups of flour
- ½ cup of butter
- ½ cup of sugar
- ½ cup of dried currants
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 egg
- 2 level teaspoons of baking powder
- 2 tablespoons of milk
- Granulated sugar
Instructions
- Sift together the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder; with the tips of the fingers work in the butter; beat the egg, reserving a tablespoon of the egg to glaze the cakes, add the milk to the egg and use to mix the dry ingredients to a dough.
- With the hands roll the dough into balls the size of an English walnut.
- Set the balls in a buttered pan, some distance apart, brush over with the egg, dredge with sugar and bake in a quick oven.
- The recipe makes about fifteen cakes.
- They are good and quickly made.
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