Macaroon Drops

Ingredients

4ozs Coconut
1 Egg
Little almond essence
4ozs Sugar
3ozs S.R Flour
6 Cherries or almonds

Mix coconut, sugar and flour with beaten egg and essence to a paste.

Divide into 12 pieces, mould with hands into balls then platten (?) and put on a greased tray.

Decorate with 1/2 cherry or almond.

Bake in a moderate oven 'till golden brown.

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Kath's Rich Fruit Cake Recipe

I've no idea who Kath was but it was a good fruit cake...

Ingredients

10oz Plain Flour
8oz Sugar
8oz Butter
1lb Currants
8oz Sultanas
4oz Peel/cherries
2oz Ground almonds
1Tsp Baking powder
Pinch salt
4 eggs
1Tsp Black treacle
1 Grated apple
Pinch ginger
1TBS Rum

Method

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat 'till mixture is stiff. Stir in flour and all dry ingredients. Add fruit and rum.

Bake at 335(F) (170C) or Gas 3 for 1/2 hour. Then Gas No 1 (140C) for 3.5 hours.

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