The Ingredients you will need to make this are:

90 grams butter
1 egg separated
pinch salt
20 grams mixed peel
extra castor sugar
90 grams castor sugar
180 grams self-raising flour
40 grams currants
1-2 tablespoons milk or brand

1. Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolk.

2. Sift flour and salt.

3. Fold into creamed mixture.

4. Add fruit, mix well.

5. Add enough milk/brandy to make a soft dough.

6. Knead lightly. Roll out on a floured to 5 mm thick.

7. Cut with a fluted cutter 6cms in width and make a small hole to one side of each biscuit.

8. Place on greased baking tray. Bake on top shelf for 10 minutes in a moderate oven. Remove from oven, brush with egg white and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for a further 10 minutes.

It is traditional to serve these biscuits tied in three with a ribbon to represent the Trinity.