Soda Scones

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909
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The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (5)
  1. Put the buttermilk in a basin at the side of the fire, or in the oven.
  2. When quite hot, stir into it the bi-carbonate of soda, just enough to make it effervesce, and, while effervescing, mix it with the flour.
  3. Roll it out about 1/2 inch thick, and dust with a little flour.
  4. Cut it into round cakes with the cover of a small saucepan, and do them in a dry, clean, frying-pan a little raised from the fire.
  5. Serve hot in a napkin.
Original Text
Soda Scones. 1 lb. flour, ½ pt. buttermilk, a little bi-carbonate of soda. Put the buttermilk in a basin at the side of the fire, or in the oven. When quite hot, stir into it the bi-carbonate of soda, just enough to make it effervesce, and, while effervescing, mix it with the flour. Roll it out about ½ inch thick, and dust with a little flour. Cut it into round cakes with the cover of a small saucepan, and do them in a dry, clean, frying-pan a little raised from the fire. Serve hot in a napkin.
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