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Definition of Scones
1. scone [n] - See also: scone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scones
Literary usage of Scones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baker's Bread by Paul Richards (1918)
"SCOTCH scones. Four pounds of flour; eight ounces of sugar; eight ounces of butter;
... Plain scones are made without sugar. Use four pounds flour, ..."
2. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... Lunn — Barley scones — Cream scones TO MAKE DRY YEAST HAVE one heaping coffee
saucer of flour. Boil one cup of hops in enough water to scald this flour. ..."
3. Practice of Cookery and Pastry, Adapted to the Business of Everyday Life by I. Williamson (1854)
"SODA scones. Rub six ounces of butter into four pounds of flour, one ounce of
soda, half an ounce of tartaric acid, and make all into a soft dough with ..."
4. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1921)
"scones and Shortbread OVER the entrance to 21 Hast 47th Street there swings a simply
... Long loaves of bread, piles of triangular oatcakes, and scones ..."
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