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Basic Scones

Here's how you make Basic Scones
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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 10m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar
  • Salt, pinch of
  • 60 grams butter (chilled and chopped)
  • 3/4 cup cream
  • 2 tablespoons milk
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan forced

  • Step 2: Grease and line a 30cm x 20cm (base measurement) slice pan with baking paper.

  • Step 3: Sift flour, icing sugar and salt into a large bowl and using fingertips rub in butter to make coarse crumbs.

  • Step 4: Make a well at centre and add cream and using a round bladed knife in a cutting motion mix to form a soft dough.

  • Step 5: Turn out onto a clean cold work surface and briefly knead and then pat out to a 2cm thick disc and then using a floured 6cm round cutter, cut 8 scones from dough and place scones side by side in prepared tray.

  • Step 6: Brush tops of scones with milk and bake for 10 minutes or until scones sound hollow when lightly tapped.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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