Ingredients. - Eight ounces of fine flour, eight ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, four large or six small eggs, one pint of water, salt, vanilla essence or other flavoring.

Method. - Put the water, butter, sugar, and two good pinches of salt into a stewpan, and when boiling add the flour, previously well dried and sieved, and stir and cook gently for at least ten minutes. Let it cool a little, then beat in the eggs one at a time, add a few drops of the' flavoring ingredient and use as required.