WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1938, Page 4

WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE

BISCUIT RECIPES. When eggs are scarce, try these recipes:— Rolled Oats Biscuits. Mix 2 cups rolled oats, ;; cup flour, and J cup sugar together. Melt 4oz. butter, dissolve 2 tablespoons treacle and J teaspoon carb, soda in 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Mix well with butter, pour on dry ingredients and mix. Put, by teaspoon, on a cold slide and bake for 20 minutes. Fruit Luncheon Biscuits. Filling.—Boil together for half an hour 1 cup currants and J cup sultanas (and a few dates, if liked) with very little water. Strain and add 1 teaspoon spice and 2 tablespoons sugar. Mash and set to cool. Biscuit. —Boil foi' 1 minute 1 cup sugar and J cup milk; allow to cool. Soften .‘lb. butter or dripping; add the sugar and milk mixture and work in 3 cups flour and 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in a teaspoon of boiling water. Roll out thin, spread half with filling, cover over with other half and roll again. Cut into oblong shapes and bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Foam Biscuits. Boil 1 cup sugar, half cup milk with a very small teaspoon of carbonate of soda. Allow to cool. Rub together one cup dripping and 31 cups flour. Mix well, roll thinly and bake.