English Tea Cakes Recipe 1

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

1. 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.
2. With the hands roll the dough into balls the size of an English walnut.
3. Set the balls in a buttered pan, some distance apart, brush over with the egg, dredge with sugar and bake in a quick oven.
4. The recipe makes about fifteen cakes.
5. They are good and quickly made.