Tibbie Shiel's or Girdle Scones

Ingredients

• one pound of flour
• one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda
• one half teaspoonful of cream of tartar
• one half teaspoonful of salt
• three gills of butter milk

Method

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   Mix this with the flour, pour in the buttermilk, and stir all thoroughly together.

3. 3

   Flour a mixing-board, pour the batter out upon this, and knead until it becomes a dough stiff enough to roll out.

4. 4

   Cut the dough in two pieces, 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.

5. 5

   Serve cold with butter.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 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.

Tibbie Shiel's or Girdle Scones.— One pound of flour, one 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 tarta

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.