Butter Patiences

Beat up with a spatula half a pound of butter and half a pound of sugar with a pinch of salt to make a not too light preparation; add eight eggs, one by one, the peel of a lemon, and lastly one pound of flour, and mix well. Put this paste into a pocket (Fig. 179) furnished with a quarter-inch thick channeled socket and range it in small biscuits two and a half inches long and one inch apart on a buttered sheet, then bake in a hot oven.