Soft Scones Recipe
Summary
Preparation Time5 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In25 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Ingredients
| 2 cups/250 g/8 oz self-raising flour | ||
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Sugar | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 50 Gram, chopped | |
| 1 egg, lightly beaten | ||
| 1/2 cup/125 ml/4 fl oz milk | ||
Directions
1. Sift flour and baking powder together into a mixing bowl, add sugar. Rub in butter, using the fingertips, until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
2. Make a well in the center. Using a round-ended knife, mix the egg and almost all the milk through the flour mixture. Mix to a soft dough, adding remaining milk if necessary.
3. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly with fingertips until smooth. Using heel of hand, press dough out evenly to 2 cm/3/4 in thickness. Cut scones out using a floured 5 cm/2 in cutter; do not twist cutter, or scones will rise unevenly.
4. Arrange scones close together on a greased and lightly floured baking tray. Brush tops with a little milk and bake at 220°C/440°F/Gas 7 for 15-20 minutes or until scones are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped with your fingertips.
2. Make a well in the center. Using a round-ended knife, mix the egg and almost all the milk through the flour mixture. Mix to a soft dough, adding remaining milk if necessary.
3. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly with fingertips until smooth. Using heel of hand, press dough out evenly to 2 cm/3/4 in thickness. Cut scones out using a floured 5 cm/2 in cutter; do not twist cutter, or scones will rise unevenly.
4. Arrange scones close together on a greased and lightly floured baking tray. Brush tops with a little milk and bake at 220°C/440°F/Gas 7 for 15-20 minutes or until scones are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped with your fingertips.
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