Plain Oven Scones(scottish) Recipe
Yield: 4 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
8 ounce: SR flour,
2 ounce: Butter,
1 tsp: Caster sugar,
1/4 pint: Buttermilk, full cream milk
Or soured milk,
pn Salt,
Directions:
Set oven to 450F or Mark 8. Grease and tlour a baking sheet. Sift the
dry ingredients into a bowl and rub in the butter. Add suf icient Of
the milk to make a moist and spongy dough. Turn out on to a floured
surface and knead gently. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into
rounds with a 2 1/2 inch pastry cutter. Place on the baking sheet.
Brush the tops with milk and bake for 8-10 minutes until risen and
light golden in colour. Cool on a wire rack. Serve split in half
with butter and jam.
For rich scones add 1 beaten egg to the dry ingredients before adding
sufficient milk. Brush the tops of the scone with beaten egg rather
than with milk.
From the booklet Scottish Teatime Recipes
Source from luhu.jp
dry ingredients into a bowl and rub in the butter. Add suf icient Of
the milk to make a moist and spongy dough. Turn out on to a floured
surface and knead gently. Roll out to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into
rounds with a 2 1/2 inch pastry cutter. Place on the baking sheet.
Brush the tops with milk and bake for 8-10 minutes until risen and
light golden in colour. Cool on a wire rack. Serve split in half
with butter and jam.
For rich scones add 1 beaten egg to the dry ingredients before adding
sufficient milk. Brush the tops of the scone with beaten egg rather
than with milk.
From the booklet Scottish Teatime Recipes
Source from luhu.jp