Naples Biscuits

One pound and a half of Lisbon sugar put into a pan with three-quarters of a pint of water and a small cupful of orange-flower water. Boil the sugar with the water till quite melted, then break twelve eggs, yolks and whites together, and whisk them well together. Now pour the Lisbon syrup, boiling hot, in with the eggs, whisking all the time as fast as you can, and continue till it is cold and set. Then mix in as lightly as possible one pound and a half of flour; lay two sheets of paper on the baking-plate; make the edges stand up about an inch and a half high; pour the batter in, sift powdered sugar over, and put it the oven, but do not leave it a minute for fear it should burn. When baked, take it out in the paper; let it stand till cold; then wet the paper till it comes off with ease, and cut the cake what shape and size you like. It may also be baked in tins.

Biscuits A La Cuilliere

Are made of the same mixture as Savoy biscuits. Use a silver teaspoon to shape them; fill the spoon, and drop the batter on paper, pulling it along so as to make it about three inches long and half an inch wide; with your fingers spread it a little wider at both ends than in the middle; sift sugar over them, and bake in a moderate oven. "When done cut them hot off the paper.

Sugar Biscuit

One pound of eggs, one of sugar, and one of flour. The sugar must be sifted fine, and mixed carefully with the eggs; then stir in the flour, previously well dried; drop them in rounds on paper, bake, and glaze on the top with sugar.

Potato Biscuits

Bub potatoes through a sieve; take half a pound of this and mix with a pound of flour, a pinch of salt, and as much butter as will enable you to roll the paste out into rounds the size of a saucer; knead all well together, and bake in a quick oven.

Marathon Biscuits

Bub into a pound of flour three ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and some sugar; then make it into a paste with new warm milk; add a tablespoonful of yeast; knead it quickly; let it stand an hour; and bake in a quick oven.