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 rub in the butter.

2. 2

   Mix the soda and cream of tartar together and incorporate them with the flour and butter.

3. 3

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

4. 4

   Knead until stiff enough to roll out, then cut the dough in two pieces, roll each to about half an inch in thickness, and mark each with a sharp knife.

5. 5

   Place them on a floured baking-tin and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.

6. 6

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

7. 7

   Cool on a sieve before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ne tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda, one half tea- spoonful of cream of tartar, one half tea-spoonful of salt, three gills of butter milk. Put the flour into a bowl and mix through it the salt ; place the soda and cream of tartar upon a plate, and make all smooth with the back of a tea-spoon. Mix this also with the flour, pour in the butter milk, and stir all thoroughly together. Flour a mixing-board, pour the batter out upon this, and, adding a little flour from time to time to prevent sticking, knead the batter until it becomes a dough, stiff enough to roll out. Cut the dough in two pieces, and roll each piece out round and to about half an inch in thickness. Divide each round into four pieces, place them on a heated girdle, and bake them fifteen minutes, turning them once meantime. Serve cold with butter. Soda Scones.— One pound of flour, two ounces of butter, one ounce of sugar, one tea-spoonful of carbonate of soda, one half tea-spoonful of cream of tartar, three gills of butter milk

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