Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg , Optional
• 0.5 cups cold butter , cubed
• 0.33 cups milk
• 1 large egg

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl. Cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Beat together milk and egg in a small bowl; stir into flour mixture until batter is just blended. Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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