Avoca’s Famous Irish Scones
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Recipe: #20075
July 12, 2015
"Avoca is an Irish family-run business that spans one of the world's oldest surviving manufacturing companies and Ireland's most exciting stores and food markets. nice biscuits"
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (124.8 g)
- Calories 380.2
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.3 g
- Cholesterol - 89.7 mg
- Sodium - 83.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 53 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.4 g
- Sugars - 10.6 g
- Protein - 9.7 g
- Calcium - 47.5 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step 1
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl, and stir in the sugar.
Step 2
Using your fingertips, lightly work in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. At this point, you can add the raisins if you choose to include them.
Step 3
Add the egg, cream and enough milk to moisten. Mix well until it has a soft doughy texture – but it shouldn’t be too moist.
Step 4
Gather the dough into a ball and turn it out onto a floured surface,
Step 5
Then roll lightly with a rolling pin to 1 inch/2.5cm thick. Cut out with a round cutter, transfer to a greased baking sheet and brush the tops with the egg glaze.
Step 6
Bake in the oven preheated to 350F/180c/Gas mark 4 for 15-20 minutes
Step 7
Or until well browned.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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