Scottish
Recipes
Empire Biscuits
Ingredients
1/2 lb. (250 g or 2 cups) sifted flour
1/2 lb. (250 g or 2 sticks) butter
1/4 lb. (125 g or slightly more than half a cup) castor
sugar
Jam or Jelly or Jell-o
1 egg
Method
Cream butter and sugar, add egg then add flour. Make
into a stiff paste. Rollout and cut into rounds. Place
on greaseproof paper (vegetable parchment or waxed
paper) on a baking tray. Cook in a moderate overn
until slightly browned. When cold, spread Jam or Jelly
on one round and place another round on top. Ice (the
icing used is usually glace icing) the top of the
sandwhich and put 1/2 glaced cherry in middle of icing.
Find
other recipes in May 2007's Scotian.
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