Required : One pound of fine oatmeal. Three ounces of butter. One egg.

Half an ounce of baking-powder. Quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. A little milk.

This mixture should be rolled as little as possible ; if they are over-rolled they will be of quite a wrong consistency. Mix together the oatmeal, baking-powder, and salt. Next rub in the butter finely. Beat up the egg, stir it into the other ingredients with enough milk to work the whole into a light dough. Roll out on a floured board, and shape into rounds about three-quarters of an inch thick. Put these on a greased baking-tin, and bake in a quick oven for about half an hour.

Cost, 6d.