Required : One pound and two ounces of flour. Two ounces of butter. Two ounces of castor sugar. The white of an egg. Half a pint of milk.

Quarter of an ounce of carbonate of soda. Half an ounce of cream of tartar. Quarter of a teaspoonful of salt.

Sieve together the flour, sugar, cream of tartar, and carbonate of soda. Next rub in the butter finely. Add the white of egg, which must not be beaten, and the milk gradually. Mix the whole into a smooth dough, turn it on to a floured board, roll it out in rounds about three-quarters of an inch thick. Mark them across twice with a knife, so that it cuts about half way down the dough. Place on a slightly greased tin, and bake in a quick oven for about half an hour. Then break each round into four. On no account use a knife, as this will make them heavy. Cost, 6d.