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Fruit Biscuits

Fruit biscuits made from strawberries and sugar, baked at 300°F.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Fruit Biscuits

Fruit Biscuits

Oven, in the book's wordsA cool oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a cool oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Scald the strawberries.

Make the dough

  1. Beat the strawberries with the sugar for about two hours.

  2. Roll out the mixture and cut into shapes with biscuit cutters.

Bake

  1. Bake in a cool oven at 300°F (150°C) for about 10 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Provide the fruit flavour and moisture that give the biscuits their body.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps bind the mixture into a firm, workable dough.

The step that matters

Beat the strawberries with the sugar for about two hours. Long beating incorporates air and dissolves the sugar into the fruit, so the mixture thickens and holds its shape when cut. Stopping too early can leave it too loose to roll and cut cleanly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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