Cookbook:Biscuits III

This recipe is adapted from the public domain cookbook Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.

Ingredients

 * 1¼ cups (175 g/6.2 oz) all-purpose flour
 * ¼ cup (55 g) caster sugar
 * 2 tablespoons butter, softened
 * 1 egg yolk
 * 2 tablespoons milk

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat the oven to 220 C. Grease a baking pan.
 * 2) Beat the egg and milk together in a bowl.
 * 3) Mix the other ingredients into the egg mixture to form a soft dough.
 * 4) Roll out the dough to 5 mm and cut out into very thin biscuits with a round cookie cutter.
 * 5) Place the biscuits on the baking pan.
 * 6) Bake for 6 minutes until golden.
 * 7) Take the biscuits out of the oven and leave them to cool.