Currant Teacakes from 1663

"I recently stumbled on to my copy of Margaret Rudkin's "Pepperidge Farm Cookbook" (1963). She has a chapter called "Cooking from Antique Cookbooks," in which she takes a number of 16th and 17th century recipes and translates them to modern terms. I find this endlessly fascinating ... and so I'm sharing a few of them, because I'm not sure this book is even still in print."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
12
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directions

  • Wash the currants and dry on a paper towel.
  • Spray a muffin pan with baking spray.
  • Cream the butter until soft and light; gradually add in the powdered sugar, beating until combined.
  • Add the egg yolk and beat vigorously.
  • Take 2-3 teaspoons of flour from the 1 cup flour listed above, and sprinkle over the currants.
  • Add remaining flour to the butter/egg mixture, moistening it with the rosewater and cream. Mix well.
  • Add flour currants and mix well.
  • Beat egg white until stiff but not dry, and fold carefully into the batter.
  • Transfer the batter to 12 muffin cups, filling equally. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.

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