Oatmeal Scones 1958

I like these hot and buttered or cold with jam - Mrs E. Trimble, Brechin Road, Arbroath. Take ¼lb fine oatmeal, 2oz medium oatmeal, 2oz flour, 2oz dripping, 1oz sugar, good pinch of salt, I heaped teaspoon of baking powder, 1 gill milk. Beat dripping to a cream, mix with it the sugar them the flour, oatmeal and baking powder. Mix to a dough with the milk. Roll out, cut into cakes and bake on floured tins in a moderate oven.