"Stasis" Monday, Food-- recipe for Shrewsbury Cakes. These special sugar cookies
have three flavors that work surprisingly well together: almond extract, lemon zest, and orange zest. I've included a short video that demonstrates the technique for rolling and flattening them. Enjoy!
Historic Williamsburg publishes a recipe book I highly recommend: Recipes from the Raleigh Tavern Bake Shop. That book has a recipe for "Shrewsbury Cakes" from 1760, and printed opposite is the recipe for "Sugar Cookies" like the ones they sell in the little bakery in back of the Raleigh Tavern. This recipe (the one the…