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 Small round cakes of soda-raised sweetened white wheat flour with egg, split and the halves adhered with jam.  Hampshire Drops with Strawberry, rhubarb and lavender jam Image: Alex Bray...  Original Receipt from the 'Woman's Own Cook Book', Newnes, 1964, with thanks to Margery NashHampshire Drops 4 oz. flour 1 egg 4 oz. butter A little jam 4 oz. castor sugar 4 oz. cornflour A little baking powder Beat butter and sugar until creamy, add egg and beat well, then mix in the other in-gredients except jam. Put in teaspoonfuls on a greased tin. Put two together, when all are baked, with a little jam in the middle. They take 10 minutes to bake in a moderate oven.  |
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