Cookbook:Lady Arundel's Manchet

Lady Arundel's Manchet
Category	Scone recipes
Time	1 hour
Difficulty

Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes

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

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

Procedure

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

References

• White, Florence (1932). Good Things in England. p. 72.