Butter scones
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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 - 15 minutes
Serves: Makes 8 medium
Sunday is the perfect day for scones, and this recipe provides you with some great sweet and savoury variations.
Ingredients
500ml (280 g) Snowflake cake flour
15ml Snowflake baking powder
2ml salt
80g butter or margarine
60ml (50 g) castor sugar
100ml milk
1 extra-large egg
15ml milk for glazing
1 Beaten egg for glazing
Method
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Rub in butter with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sugar.
- Whisk egg and milk together. Add to dry ingredients and mix lightly to a soft dough. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and press to a thickness of about 2 cm. Cut out rounds with a cutter of 7 cm in diameter.
- Place onto a greased baking tray with a little space for spreading and brush with beaten egg and milk. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for 12 - 15 minutes. Serve warm with butter, jam and whipped cream.
Scones
Perfect
