4 oz Flour
4 oz Cornflour or rice flour
4 oz Butter
4 oz Caster sugar
pn Bicarbonate of soda
1 ts Lemon rind; grated
2 Eggs; beaten
Icing sugar for dusting
Set oven to 375?F or Mark 5. Grease a Baking sheet. Cream the butter
and sugar together in a bowl. Add the sifted flours, bicarbonate of
soda, lemon rind and the beaten eggs in small amounts, ensuring that
the mixture is well combined each time. Turn out the dough on to a
floured surFace, knead gently and roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut
into rounds with a 2 1/2 inch pastry cutter. Transfer to the baking
sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until light golden in colour.
Cool on a wire rack and dust with icing sugar. ** Scottish Tea-Time
Recipes — Johanna Mathie ** ** ISBN = 1 898435 18 9 **
Yields
1 cake