English Plain Scones

Total Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 40 g butter
• 225 g self-raising flour
• 25 g sugar
• 2 pinches salt
• 5 fluid ounces milk

Recipe

• 1 put the flour and salt in a bowl then rub in the butter.
• 2 add the sugar.
• 3 add the milk and mix to form a dough. you may want to mix with a knife as the dough gets very sticky as you add the milk.
• 4 flour a board ready for the dough. extra tip: using rice flour on your board at this stage will make your scones wonderfully crisp on the outside.
• 5 knead the dough lightly on the board.
• 6 roll with floured rolling pin (or press with your hand) the dough to about 2cm thick.
• 7 cut rounds from the dough with a cutter (or use a glass with edges dipped in flour if you don't have a round cutter).
• 8 place the rounds on greaseproof paper lightly dusted with flour on a baking sheet/tray. or use a greased tray.
• 9 gather up the odd bits of dough and lightly knead them together. press/roll to 2cm thick again on your floured board, cut rounds and repeat until all the dough is used.
• 10 optional: brush the tops of the scones with a little bit of milk.
• 11 bake in pre-heated oven for 12-15 minutes until they have risen and start to become golden. gas mark 7, 220c.