Scones

Preparation time: less than 30 mins

Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins

Makes 8-12 scones

Scones are the easiest English teatime treat. There is scope to customise these sweet ones with dried fruit or cinnamon.

Ingredients

225g/8oz self raising flour
pinch of salt
55g/2oz butter
25g/1oz caster sugar
150ml/5fl oz milk

Preparation method

1. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Lightly grease a baking sheet.

2. Mix together the flour and salt and rub in the butter.

3. Stir in the sugar and then the milk to get a soft dough.

4. Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat out to a round 2 cm / 0.75 in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to stamp out rounds and place on a baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up.

5. Brush the tops of the scones with a little milk. Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen and golden.

6. Cool on a wire rack and serve with butter and good jam and maybe some clotted cream.

Eight Scones
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225 g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
75 g of butter
25 g of brown sugar
100 ml milk (variable)
75 g fruit (optional)

put fruit and salt in a bowl and rub in the butter
stir in the sugar and sultanas, if you want
add sufficient milk to give a soft manageable dough
knead gently on a lightly floured surface
roll it out to about 2 cm thick
stamp out rounds
put them fairly close together on a lightly greased baking sheet
bake at 220 degrees centigrade for 10-15 minutes until golden
cool on a wire tray
best eaten the day you make them

2020-08-05:

used flour, backpulver, sugar, salt, butter and milk without measuring.
mixed all together, made eight rolls and baked them at 220 degrees on baking paper.
baked it for longer than 15 minutes, though...

2020-12-11:

dito, worked well, added too much milk so the shape was more like cookies.

2021-06-22:

mixed 230 g dinkelmehl, backpulver, 50 g kokosoel, 35 g sugar, 120 ml milk, less than ten minutes until it was in the oven.