Caraway Seed Brandy Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• 4 oz loaf sugar, finely powdered
• 4 oz butter
• 8 oz flour, dried
• 1 walnut-shellful caraway seeds, bruised
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp brandy
• 1 egg white, beaten
• Fine sugar for grating

Method

1. 1 Work sugar, butter, flour, caraway seeds, egg, and brandy together into a paste.
2. 2 Roll the paste to the thickness of a half-crown and cut with a tea-cup.
3. 3 Place cakes on a floured tin.
4. 4 Brush with beaten egg white and grate fine sugar on top.
5. 5 Bake in a slow oven (300°F) until very pale brown.