Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, classic scones. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Suggested additions Fruit: A traditional British scone contains an added cup of currants or raisins. These barely sweet scones are delicious with strawberry jam. Try substituting other dried fruits, such as cranberries or blueberries, for the currants..
Classic Scones is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Classic Scones is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic scones using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Scones:
- Make ready 350 g self-raising flour
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Take 1 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 85 g butter cut into cubes
- Prepare 3 tbs caster sugar
- Take 175 ml milk
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Get 1 tbs squeeze lemon juice
- Prepare 1 beaten egg to glaze
- Prepare Jam and clotted cream to serve
Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully arrange on the hot baking tray. Eat just warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with jam and clotted cream. The secret to perfect scones is cold ingredients. Chill your milk and butter before mixing them together for the best teatime nibbles.
Steps to make Classic Scones:
- Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.
- Tip the 350g self-raising flour into a large bowl with 1/4 tsp salt and 1 tsp baking powder then mix.
- Add 85g butter cubes, then rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs.then stir in 3tbs custer sugar.
- Put 175ml milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs until warm, but not hot.
- Add 1 tsp vanilla extract and a squeeze of lemon juice, then set aside for a moment.
- Put a baking sheet in the oven.
- Make a well in the dry mix, then add the liquid and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife – it will seem pretty wet at first.
- Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it’s a little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep.
- Take a 5cm cutter(smooth-edged cutters tend to cut more cleanly, giving a better rise) and dip it into some flour. Plunge into the dough, then repeat until you have four scones. You may need to press what’s left of the dough back into a round to cut out another four.
- Brush the tops with a beaten egg, then carefully place onto the hot baking tray
- Bake for 15 mins until risen and golden on the top. Eat just warm or cold on the day of baking, generously topped with jam and clotted cream.
- If freezing, freeze once cool. Defrost, then put in a low oven (about 160C/fan140C/gas 3) for a few mins to refresh.
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