Treacle Scones

Name: Treacle Scones
Yield: Makes 8 Large, 12 Small
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: large pinch of salt; 1 egg; Milk to mix; 2 tablespoons black treacle; 2 oz (50 g) butter (½ stick), melted; 1 dessertspoon soft brown sugar; 1 level teaspoon mixed spice; 8 oz (250 g) plain white flour (2 c); 1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 level teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon

Preparation info

Makes
8
Large

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Broths to Bannocks

By Catherine Brown

Published 1990

About

Ingredients

8 oz (250 g) plain white flour (2 c)
1 level

Europe
United Kingdom
Bread
Breakfast
Brunch
Scotland
Vegetarian

Method

Preparing the Girdle

Heat the girdle.

Mixing

Sift the flour and dry ingredients together. Put the treacle in a cup and stir in the melted butter, egg and a little milk. Stir into the dry ingredients and add enough milk to make a soft elastic dough. Fill a small bowl with flour, drop in tablespoonfuls of