Shrewsbury Cakes

Shrewsbury Cakes — a recipes for dessert recipe, 5 ingredients.

Recipes for dessert

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nuts

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg white
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Place butter in mixing bowl along with sugar. Cream until the mixture is fluffy.
  3. Break the egg into the mixture, and stir it in completely.
  4. Add the nutmeg and flour to the mixture, and stir in completely.
  5. Spray or butter the cookie sheets.
  6. Place teaspoons of the batter onto the cookie sheets about two inches apart.
  7. Place in the oven and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
  8. Take the cakes out of the oven, if the cakes have stuck together, use a knife to cut them apart.
  9. Use spatula to place the cakes onto a plate.
  10. Enjoy.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0