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Quick and easy simple scones
Super easy recipe for simple scones to serve with cream and jam or anything you like really
Ingredients
- 225 g self raising flour
- 50 g unsalted butter diced and chilled
- 1 Pinch salt
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 150 ml milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F and line a baking tray with paper
- Sift flour, salt and sugar into large bowl and gently rub in the butter with fingertips to make breadcrumb like mixture
- Stir in the milk till you get a workable dough and tip out on to floured surface
- Roll out to 2-3cm (3/4”) thick and cut into rounds, brush with a little milk to glaze them
- Bake for 15 mins or until golden and cool on wire rack (makes approx 8)
Notes
Scones are always better on the day they are baked but will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight box, you can rewarm them in the oven to refresh them.
Scones freeze well for up to 3 months
Nutrition
Calories: 131kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 47mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 150IUCalcium: 24mgIron: 0.2mg
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