tea cakes

1/2 pound flour - (8 rounded table spoons or 250gr)
1 level tea spoon of baking powder
pinch of salt
3 ounces of butter (about 100gr)
2 ounces caster sugar (2 rounded table spoons)
2 ounces of raisins
1 egg
a little milk

rub the butter into the flour, baking powder and salt until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs and there is no flour left.
stir in the raisins and sugar with a mixture of then beaten egg and the little milk to a dough.
roll out on a floured board and with cut into 3 or 4 rounds with a glass for instance.
bake for 20 minutes on a well greased tin.
gas mark 7 fairly hot.