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Yorkshire Tea Scones

A historical recipe from The Sure to Rise Cookery Book Is Especially Compiled, and Contains Useful, Everyday Recipes, also Cooking Hints, by T.J. Edmonds Ltd. (1914).

A historical recipe

The Sure to Rise Cookery Book Is Especially Compiled, and Contains Useful, Everyday Recipes, also Cooking Hints, by T.J. Edmonds Ltd. (1914). Project Gutenberg eBook #49707.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Sure to Rise Cookery Book Is Especially Compiled, and Contains Useful, Everyday Recipes, also Cooking Hints, by T.J. Edmonds Ltd. (1914). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #49707 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49707). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

  • 1 egg Put butter

Method

  1. ¾ lb.
  2. flour (or 1½ large cups) 1 oz.
  3. butter (or a tablespoonful) 1 dessertspoonful sugar ½ cup milk 2 teaspoonfuls Edmonds’ Baking Powder 1 egg Put butter into a saucepan, when dissolved put in the milk, and make warm;
  4. place sugar in a basin, and pour on the warm milk.
  5. Then place flour in mixing bowl, and mix in Edmonds’ Baking Powder, make a well in centre, and drop in the egg, then pour on milk and mix well.
  6. The paste should be thin, roll and cut into shapes, place on hot floured oven shelf, and bake in hot oven 10 minutes.