SCONES
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ to ½ cup milk
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; add shortening and rub in very lightly. Beat eggs until light; add milk to eggs and add slowly to mixture to make soft dough. Roll out ½ inch thick on floured board; cut into pieces 3 inches square and fold over, making them three-cornered; brush with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Bake about 25 minutes in hot oven.