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Thread ID: 93227	2008-09-08 08:45:00	Looking for particular biscuit recipe	Myth (110)	PC World Chat

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703631	2008-09-10 08:13:00	But not science books.google.com Well I never... Thanks - it has always puzzled my aunts but they did it anyway to everyone else's disbelief.	John H (8)
703632	2008-09-10 09:04:00	beetle - off topic I know, but does your Mum drop her sponges on the floor (in the tin of course!) as she takes them out of the oven? Deliberately I mean :) If she does, does she know why that is done? All my aunties and cousins do this, but I don't know how wide spread the practice is, and why it works - it defies reason. Dear John It could be like the lady who always cut off the end of the leg of lamb when roasting and cooked it beside the bigger part. She always wondered why she did that and went back to ask her mum why she had taught her to do it that way. Her mum said I don't know we will have to ask grandma. They did and grandma said she had just done that to fit the joint into the oven, the oven being rather smaller in those days ! :D However, re dropping the sponge on the floor, has apparently more prosaic reasoning - it is fairly common practice and may be to do with getting air into the sponge. Misty :2cents:	Misty (368)
703633	2008-09-10 09:37:00	Love the story about the leg roast!	John H (8)
703634	2008-09-28 04:43:00	[QUOTE=beetle;709976]ok got it. rang mum in a pot add these ingrediants..... 4 ounces butter 1 desertspoon Golden syrup 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon milk 1 cup sugar melt together - do not boil. let cool add dry ingrediants and vanilla 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 8 ounces flour 1/2 cup sultanas 1/2 cup walnuts optional. place teaspoon lots onto trays, (plenty room between each drop) cool oven about 150 for 15 - 30 mins till cooked. my mum read this recipe over the phone to me, so i hope i didnt miss anything.:p beetle[/QUOTE We tried the biscuit recipe today, and the result was very successful. Very crisp and a nice flavour, but possibly they were overdone by a couple of minutes, so I will reduce the cooking time a wee bit next time. (22mins at 150 degrees) Also I'll make them larger, 35 biscuits out of the above quantity was too many? Here's the result. Attached file: Biscuits_014.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (79 KB)	rumpty (2863)
703635	2008-09-28 05:48:00	they look pretty good! The only diffence i can remember is my aunt and mum made the biscuits much larger, as often they were used for smoko's for the shearers or the people helping with the docking. so more substantial food was needed, like chocolate cake made in a roast dish, and sultana cakes, peanut brownies, home made gingernuts........yum are some i remember, oh and a constant lot of pikelets or scones as well. and apple muffins...... mum still makes a lot of these items, but in smaller quantities now... and her biscuit fudge .... maybe i need to go do some baking... :D beetle	beetle (243)
703636	2008-09-28 06:02:00	Rumpty, you are being very mean! My eyes are shut, I'm dribbling, i can taste them, and smell them, from here.!:D :D	BobM (1138)
703637	2008-09-28 06:22:00	Here's the result. Attached file: Biscuits_014.jpg (www.imagef1.net.nz) (79 KB) They look delicious ! Presume you have added the optional walnuts :D Misty	Misty (368)
703638	2008-09-28 07:11:00	Yes, I certainly added the optional walnuts. Having had a couple more with the evening cup of tea, they are definitely a bit overdone, so that will be corrected next time. Also, in Myth's original post, they were thought to be a soft biscuit, which mine are not, so a shorter cooking time will help that, plus making them bigger.	rumpty (2863)
703639	2008-09-28 16:31:00	Yeah I have tried that recipe too. Though being the first time I have baked in 20 years (since Home Ec in school) my efforts weren't quite as successful (but still quite edible) Mum also sent me a recipe, which I have still to try. Her recipe has less sugar, but more golden syrup. And no raisins (might add those and see what happens :D).	Myth (110)
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