Jethart Treacle Scones - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Sift flour with salt, ginger, sugar and soda into a bowl.
Rub in butter with your fingertips.
Stir in treacle.
Make into a softish dough with buttermilk.
Roll into a round on a floured board, then cut into rounds about 3 inches across.
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.