Melt in the Mouth Biscuits

I cannot claim this recipe as my own but these featherlight biscuits are so delicious and simple to make that I feel I must give other people the opportunity of making them. I first ate them at a nursery tea in Scotland; in a towered hilltop house under the moor. The wind screamed outside and the fire crackled and glowed in the grate. Our appetites were keen from a striding walk and the large round table was laden with griddle scones, drop scones, fluffy fatless sponges with fresh cream and