Soda Scones

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
Time
Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (7)
  1. Mix the soda, salt and cream of tartar with the flour.
  2. Sift twice.
  3. Rub in the butter with the fingers.
  4. Add the milk gradually, mixing lightly with a knife until just stiff enough to be handled.
  5. Then turn the dough out on to a well floured board.
  6. Flour the rolling-pin, and roll, or rather dab out the mixture until about half an inch thick.
  7. Cut into rounds and bake at once on a floured tin for about ten minutes.
Original Text
Soda Scones 1 quart sifted flour 1 even tea-spoon salt 1 even tea-spoon carbonate of soda 2 tea-spoons cream of tartar 1 large table-spoon butter Milk (about 1 pint) Mix the soda, salt and cream of tartar with the flour. Sift twice. Rub in the butter with the[Pg 120] fingers. Add the milk gradually, mixing lightly with a knife until just stiff enough to be handled. Then turn the dough out on to a well floured board. Flour the rolling-pin, and roll, or rather dab out the mixture until about half an inch thick. Cut into rounds and bake at once on a floured tin for about ten minutes. In making these scones, the mixture, once the butter has been rubbed into the flour, must be touched as little as possible with the hands.
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