Five-minute Ballater Scones

Name: Five-minute Ballater Scones
Yield: Makes 12 scones
Ingredients: scant ¼ pint tepid milk (sour is good); ¼ teaspoon salt; 1½ oz butter; 8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, or use 8 oz self-raising flour plus a pinch of baking powder; 8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, or use 8 oz self-raising flour plus a pinch of baking powder; 8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, or use 8 oz self-raising flour plus a pinch of baking powder; 8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, or use 8 oz self-raising flour plus a pinch of baking powder; 8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, or use 8 oz self-raising flour plus a pinch of baking powder

Preparation info

Makes
12
scones

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Poor Cook

By Susan Campbell and Caroline Conran

Published 1971

About

Ingredients

8 oz flour, 1 level teaspoon cream of tartar and ½ small teaspoon

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to Reg 7½/435°. Sieve the flour, cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter at top speed, stir in enough milk to make a slightly stiff dough, and knead the mixture lightly in the bowl. Roll out to half-inch thickness on a floured board