This comes to you courtesy of my Nana, born in Galway, who emigrated to the U.S. in time to give birth to her numerous, tumultuous brood. The recipe was her answer to feeding a crowd and/or lacking time to cut out numerous individual scones. It can be baked in a cast iron skillet--that's how she did hers--but I have made a deep dish pie plate do just as well. Don't forget to grease and flour it! I've eaten many scones, but never found a recipe I liked better than this one.
4 c. flour; 5 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 3/4 to 2 c. milk; 1/2 box raisins; 4 tbsp. butter; 1/2 c. sugar
Sift dry ingredients together. Add sugar. Cut butter into dry ingredients. Beat 2 eggs slightly. Add 1/2 milk to eggs. Soak raisins in water about 10 minutes. Drain. Add to flour mixture gradually. Then add egg mix and 1 - 1 1/2 more cups of milk. Bake in greased and floured pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
