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Queen's Tea Cakes

Take the weight of two eggs in fresh butter and beat it to a cream. Mix with it half a pound of powdered and sifted sugar, which, before being crushed, has been rubbed upon the rind of a large lemon until the yellow part has been taken off, half a pound of dried flour, and a pinch of salt. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly, and make them into a paste by mixing with them the two eggs well beaten, and a little rose-water, or, failing this, cold water. Roll the paste out to the thickness of half an inch. Cut it out in rounds the size of a saucer, and bake in a moderate oven for from a quarter to half an hour. Probable cost, 1s. 3d. for this quantity.