Scotch Pancakes

from The Book of Afternoon Tea by Lesley Mackley, Salamander Books, 1992.

2 cups self-rising flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
pinch of salt
5 teaspoons sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk

Slowly heat a greased griddle or heavy-bottomed skillet. Drop spoonfuls of batter onto hot pan and cook about 3 minutes, until bubbles burst on surface and underside is golden. Turn pancakes over with a spatula and cook 1 minute longer, until golden on second side. Wrap in a cloth to keep warm until all pancakes are cooked. Serve with Orange Butter.

Orange Butter:

3/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
shredded zest of 1/2 orange

Also delicious served with honey butter, or with cinnamon butter and maple syrup.

Mary's Sugar Cookies

From the old Betty Crocker cookbook
1961, General Mills, Inc., McGraw-Hill Book Company

For Paintbrush Cooky variation, paint designs on cookies before baking with Egg Yolk Paint.

1 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar

Cream sugar and butter. Mix in egg and flavorings. Blend dry ingredients. Stir in. Refrigerate 2 to 2 hours.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Divide dough in half and roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth to 3/16" thick. Cut into shapes. Sprinkle with sugar. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 7 - 8 minutes or until delicately golden.
Makes 5 dozen 2 - 2 1/2" cookies.

Egg Yolk Paint:
Blend 1 egg yolk and 1/4 tsp. water. Divide among several small custard cups, depending on how many different colors you wish to use. Add food coloring to each dcup for desired color. Paint designs on cookies with small paintbrushes. Use a separate brush for each color.