Scones

Ingredients

• 1 lb. of flour
• ½ pint of milk
• 3 oz. of butter
• ½ oz. of cream of tartar
• ¼ oz. of carbonate of soda
• 1 oz. of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Mix flour with cream of tartar, soda, and sugar.

2. 2

   Rub in butter.

3. 3

   Add milk to form a smooth paste.

4. 4

   Roll out to ⅓ inch thick, cut into triangles, place on a greased tin, and bake in a preheated oven at 240° for 30-40 minutes.

5. 5

   Brush with milk halfway through baking.

6. 6

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 154. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

lb. of flour i| i teaspoonful of baking powder o£ 3 Time required, about half an hour. Now we will show you how to make Milk Biscuits, 1. We put one gill (a quarter of a pint) of milk into a saucepan ; we add to it one ounce of butter, and put it on the fire to warm. 2. We put half a pound of flour into a basin with a teaspoonful of baking powder, 3. When the milk is hot, we pour it into the flour and stir it carefully into a smooth, stiff paste, 4. We flour a board and turn the paste out on it. 5. We take a rolling pin, flour it, and roll the paste out into as thin a sheet as possible. 6. We flour a docker or a tumbler and cut the paste out into rounds, about the size of the top of a teacup. 7. We grease a tin with dripping or butter, and place the biscuits on it. 8. We put the tin into the oven (the thermometer at the oven door should rise to 2400) to bake for twenty minutes. 9. After that time we turn the biscuits off the tin, and set them aside to cool They are then ready for serving. Lesson on Making Oatmeal Biscuits. 413 OATMEAL BISCUITS. Average cost of " Oatmeal Biscuits" (about half a pound). INGREDIENTS. d. 7 OZ. Of flour ij 3 oz. of oatmeal o\ 3 oz. of castor sugar o| 3 oz. of lard or butter 3 \ of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. ....... oj 1 egg 1 Time required, about half an hour. Now we will show you how to make Oatmeal Biscuits. 1. We put three ounces of lard or butter into a saucepan, and put it on the fire to melt and warm. 2. We put seven ounces of flour into a basin with three ounces of oatmeal, three ounces of castor sugar y and a quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, and mix all toge- ther with a spoon. 3. We now stir in the melted lard. 4. We put about a tablespoonful of cold water into a tea cup ; we break one egg into the water and beat them slightly together. 5. We add this to the mixture in the basin, and mix all well and smoothly together with a spoon. 6. We flour a board and turn the paste out on it. 7. We take a rolling pin, flour it, and roll out the paste as thin as possible. 8. We flour a tumbler and cut the paste into biscuits according to taste. 9. We grease a baking tin with dripping or butter, and place the biscuits on it. 10. We put the tin into the oven (the thermometer at the oven door should rise to 2400) to bake for twenty minutes. 11. After that time we turn the biscuits off the tin, and set them aside to cool ; they are then ready for serving. 4T4 National Training School for Cookery. SOONES. Average cost of " Scones " (about eight). INGREDIENTS. i lb. of flour \ pint of milk 3 oz. of butter § oz. of cream of tartar . . . J oz. of carbonate of soda i oz. of sugar

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