Scones (3)

Ingredients

• i lb. flour
• a piece of butter the size of a walnut
• 5 teaspoon of baking powder
• ^ teacup of sour cream

Method

1. 1

   Put the baking powder and a pinch of salt with the flour, rub in the butter till it looks like breadcrumbs, add the cream.

2. 2

   Roll out about half an inch thick, cut with a round cutter, and bake at once for a quarter of an hour.

3. 3

   These should not be at all crisp.

4. 4

   When you take them out of the oven, half open them with a knife and put in a lump of butter.

5. 5

   Send to table at once for breakfast or tea.

6. 6

   If preferred they can be sent to table without being buttered.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scones (3). — i lb. flour, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, 5 teaspoon of baking powder, ^ teacup of sour cream

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