Scones

Ingredients

• 340g plain flour
• 10g baking powder
• 50g caster sugar
• 75g unsalted butter
• 150g milk
• 1 large egg

Preparation Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: About 12 scones (depending on the size of your pastry cutter)

Method

1. Heat the oven to 170°c.
2. Weigh the flour and butter into a bowl.
3. Using your fingers, rub the ingredients together until they form a texture like breadcrumbs.
4. Add in the sugar and baking powder and mix it together.
5. Add in the milk and egg and stir it together until it is all thoroughly incorporated.
6. Tip it out onto a floured work surface and knead it together until it has become smooth, then let it rest for 10 minutes.
7. Lightly roll the dough out to a thickness of about 2cm.
8. Cut out the scones by putting a pastry cutter (the one we used was a 4cm pastry cutter) on top of the dough and quickly slamming the cutter into the dough (the idea is to make a quick cut so they retain their shape). Once cut out, put them onto a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper or non-stick matting.
9. Mix the egg yolk with the 1 teaspoon of water and brush the resulting eggwash over the tops of the scones using a pastry brush.
10. Put the scones into the oven and bake them for 15 minutes.
11. Once they are cooked, remove them from the oven and put them on a wire rack to cool until they are just warm.
12. Cut them in half and serve however you like your scones (we prefer clotted cream and strawberry jam).

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Useful Information

Can it be frozen? Yes, the scones can be frozen once cooked.
Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, they can be finished up to 5 days in advance (see Notes).
Will leftovers be nice? Yes, for up to 5 days (see Notes).

Notes