Scottish Tea Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. shortening
1/2 c. raisins or currants
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 c. milk

Preparation

Sift dry ingredients together.
Blend in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Add remaining ingredients.
Mix with fork.
Divide in two parts and turn each part out on floured board.
Do not handle.
Flatten with rolling pin into circles about 1/2-inch or more thick.
Cut in triangles and put on greased and floured baking sheet.
Bake in 400\u00b0 oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm, slightly buttered. Yield:
16.