Jethart Treacle Scones

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 1 tablespoon melted treacle
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 sift flour with salt, ginger, sugar and soda into a bowl.
• 2 rub in butter with your fingertips.
• 3 stir in treacle.
• 4 make into a softish dough with buttermilk.
• 5 roll into a round on a floured board, then cut into rounds about 3 inches across.
• 6 cook on a heated girdle, brushed with melted fat until nicely browned below, then turn and cook on the other sides, or bake on a greased baking sheet at 450 for ten to twelve minutes.