Dinka's Cookbook

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 250 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Preparation:

• Sieve flour, salt and baking powder. Rub in butter and stir in the sugar.
• Add lightly beaten eggs and vanilla and mix thoroughly to a firm dough.
• Let rest, covered, for about 30 minutes – in the refrigerator if it is a hot day – then roll out thinly and cut into desired shapes. Combine and re-roll all the scraps until there is no dough left.
• Bake at top of oven at 180-190° C for about 8 minutes, turning the biscuits halfway through the baking process to brown both sides.
• Pile on cooling rack and place in a cool oven for about 30-40 minutes to make the biscuits very crisp.

Notes:

• Only butter, not margarine or oil, is suitable for these biscuits
• Only practice will determine how thick you roll these biscuits.

Makes a large batch.