How are the biscuits shaped?

Dropped by teaspoon onto a greased tray.

Rocks (rock cakes)

Name: Rocks (rock cakes)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 4 pc eggs; 230 g sugar; 250 g butter (melted and cooled); 750 g plain flour; 4 drops lemon oil; 1.5 tsp baking powder (mixed into the flour); 2 tbsp milk; 250 g currants (cleaned and dried); 60 g almonds (blanched, chopped)

Biscuits of whisked egg and sugar, melted butter, flour, lemon oil, almonds and currants are dropped by teaspoon and baked 15-20 minutes in a moderate oven. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 662.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 662 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The English name "Rocks" points to the lumpy shape of the biscuits; the text says no more about its origin.

How to make it

1
Whisk eggs and sugar
Whisk the eggs and sugar for 45 minutes.
2
Add the rest
Add the melted, cooled butter, the lemon oil, the blanched, chopped almonds, the flour mixed with the baking powder and the milk, and finally the cleaned, dried currants. Work everything together well but quickly.
3
Drop
Drop the mixture by teaspoon onto a greased tray.
4
Bake
Bake for 15-20 minutes in a moderate oven.

Changes from the original

Measures converted (gr. = g). The milk, which is listed among the ingredients but not in the method, is added together with the flour. "Not too hot an oven" is kept without a temperature. The number of biscuits is an estimate.

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How are the biscuits shaped?: Dropped by teaspoon onto a greased tray.
How long are they baked?: 15-20 minutes.

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