Traditional Scones
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Sift together the dry ingredients. Stir in the sugar. Lightly work in butter using fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg, cream and enough milk to moisten. Mix well until you have a soft, doughy texture. Lightly roll dought out until it is approx 2.5cm thick. Cut out scones and transfer to greased baking sheet. Brush scones with egg wash. Bake in preated oven at 180C for 15 - 20 mins or until well browned.
Sift together the dry ingredients. Stir in the sugar. Lightly work in butter using fingertips until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg, cream and enough milk to moisten. Mix well until you have a soft, doughy texture. Lightly roll dought out until it is approx 2.5cm thick. Cut out scones and transfer to greased baking sheet. Brush scones with egg wash. Bake in preated oven at 180C for 15 - 20 mins or until well browned.
Introduction
I love this traditional scone recipe - they scones turn out light and fluffy, and are best served with heaps of real butter and raspberry jam!
I love this traditional scone recipe - they scones turn out light and fluffy, and are best served with heaps of real butter and raspberry jam!
Ingredients
Serves: 12 - 14 scones
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Cups
For the Scones
- 450 grams flour
- 1 pinch of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt (generous)
- 50 grams caster sugar
- 110 grams unsalted butter (diced)
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 50 millilitres double cream
- 200 millilitres milk
For the Glaze
- 1 egg (beaten)
- water (a little - beat with the egg)
For the Scones
- 16 ounces flour
- 1 pinch of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt (generous)
- 2 ounces superfine sugar
- 4 ounces unsalted butter (diced)
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 1¾ fluid ounces heavy cream
- 7 fluid ounces milk
For the Glaze
- 1 egg (beaten)
- water (a little - beat with the egg)
Method
Traditional Scones is a community recipe submitted by Jennypen and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
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ENJOY!!!
ENJOY!!!
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Show more commentsHi - it doesn't specify which flour type. Is it plain white flour? Thanks Tania
Wonderful recipe! I've used it a couple of times now, and they come out perfectly every time. Thank you for sharing it!
Rather disappointed as this recipe seems to have the wrong temperature on it and I have a wasted batch of scones.
The scones from this recipe turned out FANTASTIC. I added some vanilla and orange zest to it though. Thank you for the recipe - love it.