Lady Arundel's Manchet

Name: Lady Arundel's Manchet
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 lb fine wheat flour; ½ oz salt; 2 oz butter; 1 egg; 1 pint warm milk; 1 oz yeast; 1 teaspoon caster sugar

Lady Arundel's Manchet is a variety of British scone made with yeast rather than baking powder.

60 min

Ingredients

2 lb fine wheat flour
½ oz salt
2 oz butter
1 egg
1 pint warm milk
1 oz yeast
1 teaspoon caster sugar

Steps

Mix the salt into the flour, then rub in the butter
Combine the yeast with the sugar. Add it to 1½ cups of the warm milk.
Beat the egg, and mix with the yeast and flour.
Make a well in the flour, pour in the yeast mixture, and mix into a dough.
Shape the dough into small, flat, round cakes about ¾ inch thick and 3 ½ inches across.
Mark manchets with lines to form a diamond pattern. Leave to rise for 30 minutes in a warm place.
Bake in a moderate oven (350-375 °F / 180-190 °C) until cooked.

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Adapted from “Lady Arundel's Manchet” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.