English Tea Cakes Recipe ingredients

• 1½ cups of flour
• ½ cup of butter
• ½ cup of sugar
• ½ cup of dried currants
• ½ teaspoonful of salt 1 egg
• 2 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• 2 tablespoonfuls of milk
• Granulated sugar

To prepare this English Tea Cakes Recipe, first sift together the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder; with the tips of the fingers work in the butter; beat the egg, reserving a tablespoonful of the egg to glaze the cakes, add the milk to the egg and use to mix the dry ingredients to a dough. With the hands roll the dough into balls the size of an English walnut. Set the balls in a buttered pan, some distance apart, brush over with the egg, dredge with sugar and bake in a quick oven. The recipe makes about fifteen cakes. They are good and quickly made.