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Put the butter and sugar into a basin, and beat them together until of a creamy consistency. Add the flour, nuts, and baking powder, and mix these ingredients well together. Form into a stiff paste with a little beaten egg, and roll out very thinly. Cut out in shapes and bake on a greased tin in a moderate oven. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, Id. 2758. Vanilla Biscuits 2 oz. butter. 1 yolk of egg. 4 oz. flour. Piece of vanilla pod. 3 oz. castor sugar. Put the sugar and small piece of vanilla pod into a mortar, pound them well together, and pass through a sieve. Beat the butter until very soft and creamy, work in the sugar and yolk of egg, then the flour gradually, kneading well. Leave the paste a little while to harden, then roll out and cut into biscuits as described for Cinnamon Biscuits. Bake in a moderate oven. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, 6 d. 2759. Walnut Macaroons 3 oz. shelled walnuts. 1£ oz. sweet almonds. £ lb. castor sugar. 1 dessert -sp. rice flour, 2 or 3 whites of eggs. 1 tea-sp. orange flower water, or a few drops lemon juice. Wafer paper. Blanch the almonds, and put them through a nut-mill with the walnuts, or chop them all finely. Then pound the nuts in a mortar with the orange flower water or lemon juice, and, when smooth, add the rice flour, and sugar. Moisten with the whites of eggs, using only two to commence with and the third, or part of it, if required. Work the mixture well until light and creamy-looking, then put it into a forcing bag with a £-inch pipe at the end of it. Force out the mixture on wafer paper in pieces about the size of half a crown, and bake in a very moderate oven until crisp and lightly browned. Time to bake, 20 to 30 minutes. Probable cost, Is. 2760. Wheaten Meal Biscuits 3 oz. flour. 3 oz. wheaten meal. 1 oz. sugar, or £ tea-sp. salt. 1£ oz. butter. A pinch of baking powder. £ egg. A little water or milk. Make according to directions given for Oatmeal Biscuits (Recipe 2750). Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, 5 d. and beat with a wooden spoon until light and creamy. Sieve the flour and whip up the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and mix these two very lightly with the other mixture, and just at the last. Have a cake tin prepared according to directions given on p. 551 ; half fill it with the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven until well risen and firm to the touch. Time to bake, 40 to 50 minutes. Probable cost, Is. 2763. Angel Cake 2 oz. Vienna flour. 1 tea-sp. cream of tartar. A pinch of salt. 1 tea-sp. orange flower water. 6 whites of eggs. 3 oz. castor sugar.