Scones

Scones

Nothing goes better with a pot of afternoon tea than scones made to a traditional recipe

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 40 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar in a bowl, then rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the raisins or sultanas, if using.
  2. Bit by bit, add 150ml milk until you have a firm dough. Turn out onto a floured work surface. Pat the dough into a circle about 1 1/2 cm thick and cut out the scones.
  3. Put onto a non-stick baking sheet and brush the tops with milk. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Serve with butter, or jam and cream.

Recipe from olive magazine, March 2007.

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  • 22 June 2008

    Jodie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very simple to make ... and very soft in the middle ... my only problem is it only just makes about 6 scones (not 8) ... which dont last long :)

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  • 04 August 2008

    shikoomkoom rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Well, these were really nice but more like rock cakes than scones.. Not that I'm complaining cos' I love rock cakes but yes, all in all they were delicious! I agree theres no way you could make 8 from the mixture.

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  • 23 August 2008

    Jessica commented on this recipe

    very simple and delicious. I managed to make 5, probably because I used a large scone cutter. I used 200g plain flour and 25g self-raising (because I didn't have ebough plain flour) and it was really soft. They only lasted for 2 days, but it was still soft the next day.

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  • 09 December 2008

    Tonia commented on this recipe

    Easy recipe and reminded me of Waitrose scones - deff recomend

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 225g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 30g caster sugar
  • 55g butter
  • 55g raisins or sultanas (optional)
  • 150ml milk
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