Dropped Scones

Ingredients

• Half a pound flour
• Half a teaspoonful baking-soda
• Half a teaspoonful cream of tartar
• One tablespoonful of castor sugar
• Buttermilk
• One egg

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the dry ingredients into a basin; make a well in the centre, and drop in the egg and a little buttermilk.

2. 2

   Beat well together with the back of a wooden spoon till perfectly smooth, then add enough buttermilk to make a thick creamy batter.

3. 3

   Grease a hot girdle, and drop on the mixture in small rounds.

4. 4

   When the surface rises in bubbles, turn the scones over with a knife and brown the other side.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Half a teaspoonful baking- soda. Soda Scones. Half a teaspoonful cream of tartar. Quarter a teaspoonful salt. About one gill buttermilk. Sieve the flour, soda, cream of tartar, and salt ; add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Turn on to a floured board ; knead lightly, and roll out half an inch in thickness. BREAD, CAKES, BISCUITS. 135 Cut in rounds or cut across in four. Place on a hot girdle, and bake steadily till well risen and of a light-brown colour underneath. Turn and bake on second side till quite dry in the centre. Afternoon Tea Scones* Half a pound flour. One and a half ounces butter. Half a teaspoonful baking- soda. Half a teaspoonful cream of tartar. Pinch of salt. Buttermilk. One teaspoonful castor sugar- Sieve the dry ingredients, and rub in the butter; add enough buttermilk to make a soft, elastic dough. Turn on to a floured board, knead lightly, and roll out. Cut in rounds, place on a hot girdle, and bake steadily till well risen and of a light-brown colour underneath. Turn and bake on the second side till quite cooked. Note. — These scones may be placed on a greased tray and baked in a quick oven for ten to fifteen minutes. Dropped Scones Half a teaspoonful baking- soda. Half a teaspoonful cream of tartar. Half a pound flour. One tablespoonful of castor sugar. Buttermilk. One egg

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