Cream Scones
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking power
2 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
⅓ cup cream
Mix and sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Rub in butter with tips of fingers; add eggs well beaten, and cream. Toss on a floured board, pat, and roll to three-fourths inch in thickness. Cut in squares, brush with white of egg, sprinkle with sugar, and bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes.