- 1½ lbs. of flour
- ½ lb. butter
- ¾ lb. Sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder
- 2 ozs. currants
- 2 ozs. candied peel
- 1 teaspoonful carraway seeds
- Little milk
Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar, baking powder, cleaned currants, carraway seeds, and finely-chopped candied peel. Mix to a stiff paste with the well-beaten eggs, and a little milk. Roll out on a floured board, cut into shapes, and bake in quick oven.
“UP-TO-DATE” BROWN SCONES.
- 2 breakfastcups of wheatmeal
- 1 breakfastcup plain flour
- 3 teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder
- 3 ozs. butter (or lard)
- 2 heaped dessertspoonfuls sugar
- 1 egg
- Large cup milk. Salt to taste
Mix the wheatmeal, flour, sugar and Edmonds’ Baking Powder, then rub in butter (or lard), beat the egg and milk together, and make into stiff dough. Roll and cut into shapes, place on hot floured oven shelf, and bake in quick oven.
SULTANA SCONES.
- 2 breakfastcups flour
- 3 moderate teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoonfuls butter
- 2 dessertspoonfuls sugar
- 1 egg, half pint milk, salt to taste
- 1 oz. sultanas or currants
Rub the butter (or lard) into the flour, and add the sugar, sultanas, and baking powder. Beat the egg, and add the milk to it, then mix all together to a wet dough. Roll out on floured board; cut into shapes, and bake in moderate oven 20 minutes.
PLAIN SCONES.
- 1 breakfastcup flour (piled up)
- 1½ teaspoons Edmonds’ Baking Powder
- 1 oz. butter (or lard)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 egg