Recipe: Shrewsbury Biscuits

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Description/Notes:

Tasty currant biscuit, or for a change try baking with cinnamon instead of the currants

Ingredients:

8 oz. (200g) plain flour

4 oz. (100g) butter of margarine

4 oz. (100g) sugar

1 egg, well beaten

grated rind of 1 lemon

half a teaspoon of baking powder

half a teaspoon of powdered cinnamon or 2 0z. (50g) currants

Cooking Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 325F, Gas Mark 3, 170C
2. Cream together the butter and sugar
3. Sieve together all the dry ingredients and add together with the egg
4. Knead to a smooth stiff paste
5. On a lightly floured board, roll out to a quarter inch thickness
6. Cut into rounds and bake on a lightly greased baking tin for 20-20 minutes