From Mrs Beeton.
1/2lb rice flour
1/4lb castor sugar
1/4lb butter
1 egg
Beat the butter to a cream, stir in the rice flour and sugar, and moisten the whole iwth the egg, which should be previously well beaten. Roll out, cut out with a round cutter into small cakes, and bake from 12 to 18 mins in a very slow oven. (Average cost ninepence.)