Scones

Scones

And here an all time favorite of mine, lovely scones :-) I always prepare a batch and freeze them right after they have cooled down. That way I always have some sitting in the freezer waiting for tea time.

Ingredients:

• 225 g plain flour
• 2 heaped tsp baking powder
• 50 unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• about 150 mL milk (I also made them with soy milk once, worked as well)

And how to make them, really one of the quickest things ever!

• preheat oven to 220 °C (200 °C fan)
• sift the flour and baking powder in a bowl
• rub in the butter (this really only works by taking your hands). the mixture should have a texture of breadcrumbs
• add the salt and sugar and salt and carefully add milk, just enough to form a stiff dough
• don't knead the dough to much, this will destroy the texture, just pad it down to 1- 1.5 cm thickness and cut out circles (6-7 cm diameter is said, but I make them a bit smaller)
• transfer on a baking tray lined with grease proof paper, well apart from each other
• bake for 10-15 mins until risen and golden brown
• let them cool on a wire rack and enjoy (best with clotted cream an jam but if non available with anything else! :-))