Lady Arundel's Manchet
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
Ingredients for 14 servings (1.5 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 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.
Oven
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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