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Majesty Biscuits

Blanch and pound well two ounces of bitter and two ounces of sweet almonds. Rub into a pound of flour the same quantity of butter, add one pound of crushed lump sugar, and the pounded almonds, and moisten the whole with one egg. Drop the mixture on a buttered tin, in pieces not larger than a Barcelona nut, and bake in a slow oven until the biscuits are of a pale yellow colour. When taken out of the oven they will be soft, but will harden and be quite crisp when cold. They must then be put into a tin canister, and will keep for months. Time, ten minutes to bake. Probable cost, 10d. a pound. The above ingredients are sufficient to make three pounds of biscuits.