Potato Scones

Ingredients

• Half a pound cold potatoes
• About half a gill sweet milk
• About two ounces flour
• Pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Mash the potatoes, and add the salt; knead as much flour into this as it will take up, and add enough milk to make a stiff dough.

2. 2

   Roll out very thinly on a floured board.

3. 3

   Cut into rounds, and prick with a fork.

4. 4

   Bake on a hot girdle for about five minutes, turning when half cooked.

5. 5

   When baked, butter the scones, roll up, and serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Scones* Half a pound cold potatoes. About half a gill sweet milk. About two ounces flour. Pinch of salt

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