Scones

The cake and biscuit book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
Source
The cake and biscuit book
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put the flour in a large basin and add the sugar, soda and cream of tartar.
  2. Rub the butter thoroughly into the flour.
  3. Mix into a paste with the milk, as lightly as possible.
  4. Roll it out lightly to about half an inch in thickness.
  5. Cut in rounds the size of a large saucer, and divide each round into four quarters.
  6. Bake on floured tins in a hot oven.
Original Text
*Scones 1 lb. flour 2 ozs. fresh butter 1 oz. white powdered sugar ¹⁄₂ oz. cream of tartar ¹⁄₄ oz. carbonate of soda A little milk, or buttermilk Put the flour in a large basin and add the sugar, soda and cream of tartar. Rub the butter thoroughly into the flour. Mix into a paste with the milk, as lightly as possible. Roll it out lightly to about half an inch in thickness. Cut in rounds the size of a large saucer, and divide each round into four quarters. Bake on floured tins in a hot oven.
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