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Afternoon tea

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10 minutes

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15–20 minutes plus proving time

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50 minutes

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10–13 minutes

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1 hour

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45 minutes

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30 minutes

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35 minutes

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20 minute

Afternoon tea

Mama’s tea biscuits

10–15 minutes

Mama’s tea biscuits

By Mogau Seshoene

Serves Makes 40

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 10–15 minutes

Ingredients

500 g butter
225 g caster sugar
2 t vanilla extract
4 free-range eggs
975 g cake flour
3 t baking powder
1 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t cream of tartar

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking tray. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

2. Add the vanilla and beat in the eggs, one at a time.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar.

4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring. Fill a cookie press with the dough and press out cookies onto the baking tray, 3–5 cm apart. Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden brown.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Bianca Strydom
Food assistant: Ellen Schwerdtfeger

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