English Scones

Ingredients

• one pound of flour
• one tablespoonful of sugar
• one teaspoonful of salt
• one-quarter of a pound of butter
• two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• a half cupful of dried currants or seedless raisins
• one egg
• a half cupful of milk

Method

1. 1

   Rub together flour, sugar, salt, butter, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Beat the egg, add milk, and stir into the mixture, adding more milk as necessary to make a soft dough.

3. 3

   Turn out on a floured board, knead briefly, roll out to half-inch thick, cut into rounds, lay on greased pans, cut crosswise into quarters, brush with milk and sugar, and bake in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kirmess cook book (1907), page 143. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ENGLISH SCONES. Table Talk, Rub thoroughly together one pound of flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one- quarter of a pound of butter and two teaspoonf uls of baking powder. Add a half cupful of dried currants or seedless raisins. Beat one egg, add a half cupful of milk

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