Maybe I should make some Easter biscuits

It’s going to be a strange Easter this year, not just because I won’t be with my beloved cousins. However, maybe i should cheer us by making Easter biscuits! Here’s something I wrote bout the  a couple of years ago with a nice recipe:

Time gallops away and I guess before too long it will be Easter and I will be cross with myself because I won’t have made any Easter biscuits. I’m very keen on traditional recipes, and old dishes associated with particular times and seasons; however too often I have these great ideas and the time passes and I miss making whatever it is.

I won’t make a simnel cake this year, there is really only me and my husband who like it and we really should be watching our waistlines! I could however make some Easter biscuits; in our English conversation group we try to share things about our culture as well as our language, so as well as hot cross buns (I could make a simnel cake for the class!!) we no doubt will have Easter biscuits. I’ve only ever made them a couple of times, many years ago, so I should practice them.

Here is the recipe I have:

Easter biscuits

• 8 oz butter
• 6 oz caster sugar
• 2 oz currants
• 2 egg yolks
• 6 drops of cassia oil

1. Mix the ingredients together.
2. If the mix is a little dry add a little milk.
3. Roll out and use a 3 or 4 inch cutter to make the biscuits.
4. Bake in a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutes – they should be pale, hardly coloured at all

Cassia oil has a very particular flavour and if you don’t like it, you can use lemon flavouring… here are some very intersting comments on cassia oil –

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2847,00.html