*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.