Recipe: Potato Griddle Scones (1944)

POTATO GRIDDLE SCONES

"For a main dish pour creamed left-over meat or fish or vegetables over the scones."

2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons fat
1 cup cold mashed potatoes
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup milk (about)

Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in fat with 2 knives or a pastry blender. Blend in the potatoes.

Mix egg and milk; add to first mixture. Mix slightly. Roll 3/8 inch thick and cut into squares.

Bake slowly on a hot greased griddle or frying pan. Turn several times to cook through.

Makes 10 to 12
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe pamphlet: Potatoes in Popular Ways, USDA, AWI-85, February 1944