English Tea Biscuit Recipe?

My friends and I are making English Tea Biscuits (we're Americans) and the only recipe we could find is really confusing. It calls for....


4 cups of flour


4 Tsp. of salt


2 Tbsp of Butter


1 cup of mashed potatoes


1 cup of milk





Is this a good recipe? Should we maybe add an egg?English Tea Biscuit Recipe?
When you ask for Tea biscuit recipe, is this an american recipe.? as what in Britian we call a tea biscuit can only be bought I have never come across a recipe to make any yet.Log onto Rich tea from wikipedia, to see what an english tea biscuit looks like.


The recipe you have sound like a scone recipe. which is fine except for the salt ingredient which is far too high, you only need a PINCH of salt not a teaspoon.


I would also loose the mashed potato, as well.





Here is the recipe for a plain scone:





225g flour


pinch of salt


55g butter


25g caster sugar


150ml milk





oven 220c/425f/gas 7.





Mix flour and salt, rub in butter.


Stir in sugar, then milk to get a soft dough, turn out onto a floured surface and knead lightly. Roll out 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick, then cut out with a 2inch round cutter. Brush tops with milk, bake for 12-15mins cool on wire rack. Then split in two butter and spread with Strawberry jam and clotted cream.English Tea Biscuit Recipe?
This link will give you several recipes to look over for ideas...





http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=鈥?/a>





Bert