Scottish Grandma Scones

So this post is kinda a big deal. I am about to share with you a top secret family recipe. If my grandma could actually figure out how to use the internet, she would be legitimately pissed. So don't tell, k?

I will also note that being approximate is totally appreciated by the Scottish, and this recipe had to be converted from pinches and dashes, etc.

3 cups flour (we used half whole wheat, just to make them a little healthier)

2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup milk

1 cup raisins

1 egg white (SAVE THE YOLK! you will need it)

Mix as for baking powder biscuits, cutting butter into the flour and baking powder, mixing in the sugar and milk, and adding raisins and egg white last. Pat the dough flat to about ½ inch thick on a (very) floured counter. Spread with well-beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with sugar before cutting into triangles or squares.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-ish minutes (but the recipe does not actually come with a time-frame (apparently Scottish women just know), so keep an eye on them).

They taste fab with a little butter or marmalade spread on them, or just as is.

Also: it's pretty much required that these be served with afternoon tea, so get the kettle going. 

Yum!