How To Make English Scones

English Scones.

Rub 2 heaping teasp butter into 4 cups flour, add 1 tablesp of sugar, 1/4 teasp salt, 1 teasp baking soda and 2 teasp cream of tartar. Beat up 1 egg, put half of it into a cup, then with 1/2 of it and some sweet milk make the dry ingredients into a soft dough. Knead it a little on a floured baking board, divide it into 5 pieces, roll them out, not too thinly, and cut each of them into 4 small cakes. Lay them on a greased baking tin, brush them over with the remaining half of egg, and bake them in a hot oven for 10 minutes. A few sultana raisins may be added. The dough should always be lightly handled.