edinburgh scones

if you learn to make just one scottish delicacy, this should be it.

also, if you want to make me deliriously happy by simply making just one scottish delicacy, this could easily be it.



10 oz. self-raising flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 dsp. sugar
2 oz. butter
1/2 cup currants
1 egg
milk

Mix together dry ingredients, then rub in butter and add fruit. Combine egg and milk and add to dry mixture, to form a soft dough. Knead on a lightly floured board. Roll out and cut into 1/2-inch thick rounds. Bake in the oven at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.