Golden Syrup Biscuits

Recipe Ingredients

1 oz	28g	Butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Golden syrup
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Vanilla essence
4 oz	113g	Self-rising flour

Recipe Instructions

Put the fat and syrup into a heavy saucepan and warm until the fat has melted.

Remove from the heat and mix in the bicarbonate of soda and vanilla essence, then beat in the flour. Cool.

Roll out the mixture until wafer thin and cut into shapes with biscuit cutters. Place on greased baking sheets and bake in a cool(300F) oven for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Note: This recipe was broadcast over BBC radio in the early months of the war and was recommended by Mrs. Nevill Chamberlain(then the PM's wife) as a good sugar saver.

Source:
The Women's Institute

Rating

Average rating:

Unrated, please add a rating

Submit your rating:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10

Click a star to rate this recipe.