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Four O' Clock Tea Scones
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 4
Don't let the name fool you...these are good any time of day. From the Southern chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947
Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour, sifted (all-purpose flour is fine if you don't have cake flour)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
butter, melted
sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F and grease a baking sheet.
2. Sift dry ingredients together; cut in butter.
3. Add milk to egg and add to flour mixture gradually, adding more milk if necessary.
4. Knead lightly on a floured board.
5. Pat and roll to 1/2 inch thickness.
6. Cut in wedges, place on prepared pan, brush with melted butter and dredge with sugar.
7. Bake for 15 minutes.
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