Potato Scones

Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup mashed potatoes
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• milk

Directions:

Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Add mashed potatoes and shortening which have been creamed together. Add well-beaten egg and sufficient milk to make a roll dough. Very little milk is necessary.

Turn onto lightly floured board. Pat into sheet 1/2 inch think, OR divide dough into 3 parts, roll into rounds 1/2 inch thick, cut each of these into 4 pie-shaped sections, and bake in hot oven (450 degrees F). Serve hot.

Source: My Aunt's Household Searchlight Cook Book, 1935

By Vi Johnson from Moorpark, CA