Butternut biscuits

6 dozen

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 tablespoons Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
½ teaspoon Cream of tartar
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 pinch Salt
1½ cup Flour, plain (white)
½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
1 cup Coconut, desiccated
2 tablespoons Golden syrup
1 tablespoon Milk

Directions

Mix all ingredients together well. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

Roll dough into small balls. Bake for 15 minutes, or until brown.

NOTES:

* Biscuits (cookies) with butter and coconut -- This recipe is from our local school's collection of "mother's favourite recipes." It's terrific.

* Golden syrup is not available in North America; it is a caramelized sugar syrup. North Americans can substitute dark corn syrup or a mixture of molasses and water.

: Difficulty: easy.

: Time: 30 minutes.

: Precision: measure the ingredients.

: Michael Gigante

: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic., Australia : seismo!munnari!cidam.oz!mg mg%cidam.oz@...

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