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The best basic scones

You can't beat the basics. Simple ingredients, quick cooking, and always crowd pleaser. - by SWM Freelancer 1
  • 22 Sep 2015
The best basic scones
Cook: 15 Minutes - medium - Makes 16 - Vegetarian - nut-free - egg-free - pregnancy-safe
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You can't beat the basics. Simple ingredients, quick cooking, and always crowd pleaser.

Ingredients

3 cups self-raising flour, plus extra to dust

100 g unsalted butter, cubed, chilled

1 cup milk

½ cup strawberry jam, to serve

1 cup whipping cream, to serve

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C. 
Sift flour into a large mixing bowl. Dust an oven tray with extra flour. Add butter to sifted flour. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  2. Make a well in the centre. Add milk and mix using a flat-edged knife until mixture comes together to form a soft, loose dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly (about 30 seconds) 
until dough is smooth.
  3. Using the palm of your hand, press dough into a 2cm thick round. Using a 5cm biscuit cutter, cut 12 rounds from dough. Put dough rounds, 1cm apart, on prepared tray. Dust with a little extra flour. Bake for 12 minutes or until scones are golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack 
to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature with jam and cream.

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