Plain Scones
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and bicarbonate of soda into a large mixing bowl.
- 2Rub the grated frozen margarine into the dry flour mixture with your hands until combined.
- 3In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sour milk, and vanilla essence.
- 4Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently combine using a wooden spoon, adding in two halves.
- 5Turn the dough out onto a counter, and gently fold until the dough just comes together. Do not overwork.
- 6Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough to an even level surface.
- 7Dip your scone cutter into dry flour to prevent sticking, and cut out the scones from the dough.
- 8Brush the tops of the cut scones with milk.
- 9Bake in the middle rack of the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
Ingredients
- 5 cup cake wheat flour, sifted
- 5 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 250 g margarine, grated, frozen
- 2 whole egg
- 1 1/2 cup sour milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Equipment
mixing bowlsievewooden spoonrolling pinscone cutterpastry brushbaking trayoven
Tips
- You can substitute sour milk with buttermilk or regular milk.
- If you are allergic to bicarbonate of soda, you can skip it.
- You can brush the scones with egg instead of milk.
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