Four O' Clock Tea Scones - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups cake flour, sifted (all-purpose flour is fine if you don't have cake flour)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
butter, melted
sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400F and grease a baking sheet.
Sift dry ingredients together; cut in butter.
Add milk to egg and add to flour mixture gradually, adding more milk if necessary.
Knead lightly on a floured board.
Pat and roll to 1/2 inch thickness.
Cut in wedges, place on prepared pan, brush with melted butter and dredge with sugar.
Bake for 15 minutes.