ENGLISH TEA BISCUITS 
2 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
5 tbsp. butter
3/4 cup milk or water
4 tbsp. orange juice or marmalade
2 tbsp. sugar

Sift the first three ingredients together. Work butter into the flour with a fork or tips of fingers. Make a well in the center. Into this pour all the milk at once. Stir well for 20 seconds until all the flour is moistened. Toss on a floured board at once, knead for 20 seconds, pat or roll until 1/2-inch thick. Cut into rounds, place in pan. Combine orange juice and sugar together and press mixture into the top of each biscuit.

Bake in hot oven (400°F) for 10 to 15 minutes.

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English Tea Biscuits
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 Charles N. (Ontario) says:
Not sure re pressing o.j. 1 tsp per biscuit should do the trick!
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 Douglas McNutt (Nova Scotia) says:
This is my basic recipe , I have used it for the past 50 years. I like to make my biscuits rise up to the point that they start to fall over on the cooking sheet. To achieve this add another tablespoon of baking power to the recipe.

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