Name: Brown Scones
Ingredients: 1 pint white flour; 1 pint graham flour; 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder

Brown Scones

Ingredients

1 pint white flour
1 pint graham flour
2 heaping teaspoons baking powder

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

Make the dough

In a large bowl, combine the white flour, graham flour, and baking powder. Mix until well combined.
Shape the dough into scones and place them on a baking sheet.

Bake

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

White flour: Provides the main structure of the scones as it sets during baking.
Graham flour: Adds a coarser texture and nutty flavor while also contributing structure.
Baking powder: Releases gas in the dough so the scones rise and become light.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.