St Patrick's Day Vintage Recipe

With St Patrick's Day coming up, I thought it would be fun to get into the spirit and feature an Irish recipe!

This recipe comes from the 1965 edition of The Scottish and Irish Baking Book :

Ginger & Walnut Scones

1/2 lb / 226.7g flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 oz / 56.6g margarine

1 oz / 28g castor sugar

2 oz /56.6g chopped preserved ginger

1 oz / 28g chopped walnuts

1 egg

milk to mix

Sieve the dry ingredients, and cut and rub in the margarine. Add the sugar, chopped preserved ginger and chopped walnuts. Beat the egg and add a little milk. Use to mix all to a soft dough. Turn on to a floured board, toss over and roll out about 1-inch thick. Cut into scones, brush with egg and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes. 

Enjoy! Or 'taitneamh a bhaint as'

With love from,