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Treacle Scones (Molasses Scones)

Recipe submitted by Florence Krahling

Nationality/Ethnicity – Scottish

 

The Story Behind the Recipe

This recipe is from my mother, Georgina Carnie McNaughton, who was born in Annan, Scotland, in 1898 and came to the United States in 1923.

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups self-rising flour

• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1 ounce margarine or butter

• 2 tablespoons treacle (molasses)

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• Pinch of salt

• Enough buttermilk or regular milk to mix (perhaps a ½ cup)

Preparation Directions:

Mix dry ingredients, rub in butter or margarine. Mix the treacle with the milk to make a soft dough. Beat well with a wooden spoon. Roll on floured board, rub well with flour, cut into rounds, and bake on a floured pan in a 400 degree oven for 7 to 10 minutes.

 

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