Soda Scones

Ingredients

• One pound of flour
• two ounces of butter
• one ounce of sugar
• one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
• one-half teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• three gills of butter milk
• one-half teaspoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour into a bowl, mix through it the salt and then rub into it the butter.

2. 2

   Mix the soda and cream of tartar, then add to the flour mixture.

3. 3

   Add half of the sugar and all of the milk, stir thoroughly, and pour onto a floured board.

4. 4

   Knead until stiff enough to roll out, cut into rounds, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.

5. 5

   Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with remaining sugar before returning to the oven for one minute.

6. 6

   Cool before serving.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from My mother's cook book (1902) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Soda Scones. — One pound of flour, two ounces of butter, one ounce of sugar, one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, one-half teaspoonfu-l of cream of tartar, three gills ,of butter milk, one-half teaspoonful of salt

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