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Traditional Scottish Treacle Scones
Traditional Scottish treacle scones the perfect tea time treat
Ingredients
- 225 g self raising flour
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder (if you want them extra fluffy)
- 90 g butter
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tbsp treacle
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F and line a baking tray
- Sift the flour, salt and spices into a large bowl and make a little well in the centre
- Gently heat the butter with the sugar and treacle and stir till sugar has dissolved completely
- Let this cool a little before adding the egg and most of the milk (save a litte to glaze the scones before baking) then pour into the well made in the dry mix.
- Stir to combine to a soft dough
- Turn out on to a floured surface and knead once or twice
- Roll to 2-3cm thick (1 ") and using a round cookie cutter or small glass cut out rounds
- Place on prepared baking tray and brush with milk to glaze
- Bake for approx 12 mins till golden brown
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Notes
Your treacle scones will keep for just a couple of days but freeze beautifully, just defrost completely and gently warm in the oven for best results.
This recipe makes approximately 8 treacle scones
Nutrition
Calories: 136kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 5gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 51mgPotassium: 97mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 60IUCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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