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Scones

Ingredients

Self-raising flour 1 ½ cups

Sugar 1 tbsp

Butter 1 tbsp

Salt ½ tsp

Egg 2

Milk

Yeast 1 tsp

Mix all dry ingredients and rub in the butter. Beat the egg, incorporate into the mixture, with a small amount of milk to make a small ball of dough. Knead lightly. Roll out and cut to shapes. Cook in a moderate oven (about 180 deg.) for 20 to 25 minutes.

For variation you can add ½ cup of mashed vegetable or fruit; the most popular being pumpkin (made famous by Flo Bjelke Petersen, wife of former premier of Queensland Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen). A pinch of yeast will make the scones lighter.

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