Rock Cakes

Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour 
1/4 tsp mixed spice 
1/3 cup butter 
1/3 cup caster sugar 
2 Tbsp sultanas 
2 Tbsp currants 
1 Tbsp mixed peel 
1 egg, beaten 
1/2 cup milk 

Instructions

Preheat oven to 220C (425F). Sift flour and spice. Rub butter into flour with fingertips. Add sugar, fruit and peel. Mix with egg and sufficient milk to form a stiff dough. Place spoonfuls of mixture on greased oven tray (cookie sheet). Bake at 200C until golden brown, 10 - 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Makes 24.