Plain Scone

Ok just a quick one:)

Ingredient

400g Plain flour

25g Baking powder

100g Butter, room temperature

2 nos Egg

85g Sugar

150ml Full Cream Milk

Method

Sift plain flour and baking powder in to a bowl. make a well in the middle and put the rest of the ingredients in to the bowl. Mix it together just until it combines (you don't want to over mix it it will cause it to be rock hard ) lightly flour your bench.

Then transfer the dough on to the bench, flour your hands or you could also lightly flour the top of the dough and gently press it down to a thickness of 3-4 cm.

With a round cutter, cut the dough and place it on a lined baking tray about 1.5-2 cm a part (but its too close you say?)this will help in the rising of the product:)

I am sure at this point you will be wondering what to do with the scraps of dough. what i did is i push it all together (with out kneading it) to form a ball or sort of round disk to the same thickness and cut it again till its all gone.

Now in a pre-heated oven of 160-170C, place the scones in the oven and bake till golden brown, roughly 10-15 min

serve it warm with tea or coffee with a side of jam and whipped cream.

* if you like to add dried fruit to the scones you can but make sure you soak it in juice or some alcohol or both so that it would not be dry. for this recipe about 400g of dried fruit(raisin) would do the trick.(to be added with the rest of the ingredients after the flour has been sifted)

have a wonderful day!!